Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Page 582, November 2007

Amfetamines including MDMA (Ecstasy)

Allister Vale MD FRCP FRCPE FRCPG FFOM FAACT FBTS is Director of the National Poisons Information Service, (Birmingham Unit) and the West Midlands Poisons Unit at City Hospital, Birmingham, UK. Competing interests: none declared

Abstract 

Amfetamines, particularly metamfetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamfetamine (MDMA), are abused widely. The features of amfetamine poisoning are related predominantly to stimulation of central and peripheral adrenergic receptors though, in addition, hyperthermia and hyponatraemia are features of severe MDMA toxicity.

Keywords: amfetamines, dexamfetamine, ecstasy, metamfetamine, MDMA

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PII: S1357-3039(07)00273-3

doi:10.1016/j.mpmed.2007.08.006

Medicine
Volume 35, Issue 11 , Page 582, November 2007

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