{"id":2138,"date":"2009-07-17T14:31:20","date_gmt":"2009-07-17T13:31:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=2138"},"modified":"2009-07-17T14:31:20","modified_gmt":"2009-07-17T13:31:20","slug":"ecstasy-mdma-is-it-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2009\/07\/ecstasy-mdma-is-it-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecstasy (MDMA) Is it Safe?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small; font-family: Verdana;\">An article by Jay Pomerantz MD, states that the typical dose of Ecstasy is 50 to 150 mg but that there is a great variation in the potency from batch to batch and that often pills contain a mixture of MDMA and other compounds. The article lists a number of &#8220;undesirable&#8221; side effects including\u00a0\u00a0 jaw clenching, tooth grinding, constant restless movement of the legs, increase in body temperature, stiffness, lower back pain, headache, nausea, loss of appetite, blurred vision, dry mouth, insomnia, mild hallucinations, depersonalization, anxiety, panic attacks, delirium, brief psychotic episodes, difficulty concentrating, depression, and fatigue but says that &#8220;Despite these complaints, the majority of users find the overall balance of the experience positive. &#8221; The article also notes, not surprisingly, that &#8220;A July 2001 report from SAMSHA shows a 58% increase in emergency departments visits, from 2850 in 1999 to 4511 in 2000.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span>The author states that there is\u00a0 mounting evidence of persistent serotonin system damage [caused by MDMA] in both\u00a0 animals and humans and this must be considered in the context of the known causal relationship between low serotonin levels and depression, aggression, impulsivity, and violent suicide&#8221; He concludes \u201cUse of Ecstasy, particularly repeatedly, is inviting a chemically derived depression, which may persist.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span>Source: Behavioral Health Trends, December 2001, Ecstasy (MDMA): Is it Safe? By Jay M. Pomerantz, MD<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An article by Jay Pomerantz MD, states that the typical dose of Ecstasy is 50 to 150 mg but that there is a great variation in the potency from batch to batch and that often pills contain a mixture of MDMA and other compounds. The article lists a number of &#8220;undesirable&#8221; side effects including\u00a0\u00a0 jaw [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ecstasy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}