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- From: dstalder@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Darren/Torin/Who ever...)
- Subject: Re: MDMA and mushrooms
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.175737.11130@gmuvax2.gmu.edu>
- Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.
- References: <1993Jan26.045555.22054@fuug.fi>
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:57:37 GMT
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- Stefo (an7592@anon.penet.fi) spoke out onto the net and said:
- >I wonder if any research has been done on MDMA vs. psylocibin. MDMA is known
- >to be neurotoxic -- perhaps the similar effects of these drugs also
- >means similar side-effects such as toxicity.
-
- MDMA is *NOT* known to be neurotoxic. An experiment was done by Ricarte on
- rats that caused lowered serotonin levels but that study was questioned. A
- similar study was done by Peroutka showed no difference. Ricarte did another
- study on primates. There was no evidence of neurotoxicity. MDMA is
- sometimes confused with MTTP/MPTP which causes a condition similar to
- Parkinson's disease. The drugs are unrelated.
-
- MDMA is being used in Switzerland by trained physicians on patients for
- various conditions. I quote Dr. Samuel Widmer, the admistrator of the
- project, as saying "In our work with MDMA in psychotherapy so far, we have
- not observed any negative effects, either of a psychological or physical
- kind." as well as saying: "The suspicion of possible toxicity to the nervous
- system, which had been considered a possible side effect of MDMA, was not
- substantiated by our use of a therapeutic dosage of this substance."
-
- Again, MDMA is *NOT* neurotoxic.
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