MDMA and Hyponatremia

February 5, 2009 entactogen, human No Comments

Dumont and colleagues have published a paper in which they describe the physiological effects of giving MDMA along with alcohol to people. One of the interesting things about this paper is that they measured plasma concentrations of antidiuretic hormone (ADH). (ADH is the hormone that causes the kidneys to conserve water, thus regulating the water balance in the body.)
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Acute neuropsychological effects of MDMA and ethanol (co-)administration in healthy volunteers

May 27, 2008 entactogen, human No Comments

I believe this is the 6th paper to assess acute MDMA-ethanol interactions in humans (others: Hernandez-Lopez et al. 2002; Kuypers et al. 2006; Pacifici et al. 2001, 1999; Ramaekers et al. 2006). In this study, 100 mg of MDMA had relatively modest effects on neurocognitive performance.
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