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"Ecstasy" in the News

Gay Men's Health Crisis: Treatment Issues - Volume 8 no. 1, March, 1994
David Gold

The British Medical Journal (307:1399, 1993) reports two cases of individuals who became mute and catatonic (a psychomotor disturbance characterized by periods of physical rigidity, excitement, and stupor) after taking "Ecstasy" (MDMA), an illicit recreational drug. (See Treatment Issues, October 1993 for a review of the drug.) One patient remained in this state for 72 hours, the other for 59 hours. Both patients recovered fully. Neither patient reported using other psychoactive drugs concomitantly nor did they report taking unusually large doses. The report concludes that "clinically important and unpredictable effects may occur" in the taking of "Ecstasy."

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