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- From: FRICHARD@biomed.med.yale.edu (Frank Richardson)
- Subject: Re: Ecstasy
- In-Reply-To: ez018080@hamlet.ucdavis.edu's message of 21 Jan 93 00:01:04 GMT
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- In <21579@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> ez018080@hamlet.ucdavis.edu writes:
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- > of Ecstasy, E, X, or the chemical name MDMA methyl...something
- > and the other FAQ is in the ftp site at u.washington/public/alt.drugs
- > This site has many other FAQ's and info on many other drugs as well
- > MDMA is almost like a truth serum. It is adrenergic and makes
- > one talk a whole lot about anything that might happen to pop
- > into ones head. It is not too clear yet whether or not it is
- > neurotoxic, but if it is then not very much. I am no expert
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- On the contrary, I would say that it is quite neurotoxic. Ecstacy causes a
- profound release of the neurotrasmitter serotonin. It over stimulates the cells
- so much they usually die. In rodents, as much as 80% of the serotonergic
- neurons were lost. Recall, neurons in your brain generally DO NOT regenerate,
- so once they're gone....Sorry if I sound like a cop, I'm not. Although it is
- true that no precise studies have been done in humans, I wouldn't recommend X
- for the time being.
- Virtually,
- myself
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