Acute paralysis following recreational MDMA (ecstasy) use

Lee Goldstein; Yair Mordish; Ibrahim Abu-Kishak; Michal Toledano; Matitiahu Berkovitch

doi:10.1080/15563650600584600

Acute paralysis following recreational MDMA (ecstasy) use

Lee Goldstein, Yair Mordish, Ibrahim Abu-Kishak, Michal Toledano, Matitiahu Berkovitch^*

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Abstract

Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), commonly known as Ecstasy, is a hallucinogenic compound structurally related to amphetamine. Ecstasy's severe neurological toxicity includes seizures, subarachnoidal hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, intracranial bleeding and cerebral venous thrombosis. We describe the first case of spinal cord damage presenting as acute quadriplegia and respiratory insufficiency in a healthy adolescent following Ecstasy recreational usage.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	339-341
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Toxicology
Volume	44
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15563650600584600
State	Published - 1 May 2006

Keywords

Adolescent
Ecstasy
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine
Quadriplegia
Renal failure
Respiratory insufficiency
Spinal cord

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