PMID- 10353046
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19990719
LR  - 20190503
IS  - 1351-0622 (Print)
IS  - 1351-0622 (Linking)
VI  - 16
IP  - 3
DP  - 1999 May
TI  - Analysis of illicit ecstasy tablets: implications for clinical management in the 
      accident and emergency department.
PG  - 194-7
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To examine the composition of illicitly manufactured "ecstasy" tablets 
      sold on the UK drugs market. METHODS: Analysis by gas chromatography of 25 
      illicit ecstasy tablets handed in under amnesty to Leeds Addiction Unit. RESULTS: 
      Illicitly manufactured ecstasy tablets contain a range of ingredients, of widely 
      differing concentrations, and even tablets with the same brand name have variable 
      concentrations of active ingredients. Concentrations of 
      3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) more popularly known as ecstasy, varied 
      70-fold between tablets. Nine tablets contained neither MDMA nor related 
      analogues. CONCLUSIONS: These results have implications for emergency workers 
      attending to those who have become casualties of the drug ecstasy. Those claiming 
      to have ingested ecstasy may actually have taken other agents that require 
      different clinical management.
FAU - Sherlock, K
AU  - Sherlock K
AD  - Ethnicity and Health Unit, Faculty of Health, University of Central Lancashire, 
      Preston.
FAU - Wolff, K
AU  - Wolff K
FAU - Hay, A W
AU  - Hay AW
FAU - Conner, M
AU  - Conner M
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - J Accid Emerg Med
JT  - Journal of accident & emergency medicine
JID - 9433751
RN  - 0 (Hallucinogens)
RN  - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine)
SB  - IM
MH  - Chromatography, Gas
MH  - Emergency Treatment
MH  - Hallucinogens/*analysis
MH  - Humans
MH  - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine/*analysis
PMC - PMC1343333
EDAT- 1999/06/03 00:00
MHDA- 1999/06/03 00:01
PMCR- 1999/05/01
CRDT- 1999/06/03 00:00
PHST- 1999/06/03 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1999/06/03 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1999/06/03 00:00 [entrez]
PHST- 1999/05/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1136/emj.16.3.194 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Accid Emerg Med. 1999 May;16(3):194-7. doi: 10.1136/emj.16.3.194.