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Cardiovascular effects of 'ecstasy' revealed
Email: Tudor Toma - ttoma@mail.dntis.ro News from The Scientist 2000, 1(1):20001219-01
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The drug 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), also known as 'ecstasy', seems to produce dose-related increases in myocardial oxygen demand without an increase in the contractility of the heart. These effects could explain the increased risk of cardiovascular complications in recreational users, suggests a team of researchers from the University of California led by Dr John Mendelson; the results were published on 18 December in Annals of Internal Medicine (Ann Intern Med 2000 133:969-973).
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