PMID- 27371364 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20191120 IS - 0040-5957 (Print) IS - 0040-5957 (Linking) VI - 71 IP - 6 DP - 2016 Dec TI - [The current aspects of the use of ecstasy/MDMA in France]. PG - 553-562 LID - S0040-5957(16)30057-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.therap.2016.05.005 [doi] AB - Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), the active compound of ecstasy, has been used for several years, especially by young adults to benefit of psychostimulant properties. By raising the level of neuromodulators in the synapsis, MDMA can cause psychiatric and physical injuries. After reduced supplies in 2009 (number of ecstasy seizures equal to 10 percent of those recorded in 2002), judicial authorities now observed an increased availability (a half more part of seizures in 2012 than 2010). From its "Spontaneous Notifications" data base and "deaths in connection with the abuse of medicine and substances (DRAMES)", "observation of illegal drugs and misuse of psychotropic medications" (OPPIDUM), and "observation of drug dependencies in ambulatory medicine" (OPEMA) national inquiries, the French Addictovigilance network (CEIP-A) highlighted the increasing consumption of MDMA. The way of use appeared quite unchanged: users were mainly young men between 25 and 30 years; they favored an occasional use but mainly combined other products such as alcohol, cannabis and other stimulants. Severity of the clinical cases, based on hospital care and forensic data, could be consistent with the higher amounts of MDMA measured in pills. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 Societe francaise de pharmacologie et de therapeutique. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved. FAU - Spadari, Michel AU - Spadari M AD - Service de pharmacologie clinique et pharmacovigilance, centre d'addictovigilance PACA-Corse, CHU, 13005 Marseille, France. FAU - Batisse, Anne AU - Batisse A AD - Centre d'addictovigilance de Paris, hopital Fernand-Vidal, 75010 Paris, France. FAU - Guerlais, Marylene AU - Guerlais M AD - Centre d'addictovigilance de Nantes, institut de biologie, 44093 Nantes, France. FAU - Boucher, Alexandra AU - Boucher A AD - Centre d'addictovigilance de Lyon, CHU, 69424 Lyon, France. FAU - Daveluy, Amelie AU - Daveluy A AD - Centre d'addictovigilance de Bordeaux, CHU, 33076 Bordeaux, France. FAU - Le Boisselier, Reynald AU - Le Boisselier R AD - Service de pharmacologie, centre d'addictovigilance de Caen, CHU Cote de Nacre, 14033 Caen cedex 09, France. FAU - Gibaja, Valerie AU - Gibaja V AD - Centre d'addictovigilance de Nancy, hopital Central, 54035 Nancy, France. FAU - Eiden, Celine AU - Eiden C AD - Centre d'addictovigilance de Montpellier, hopital Lapeyronie, 34295 Montpellier, France. FAU - Lepelley, Marion AU - Lepelley M AD - Centre d'addictovigilance de Grenoble, CHU, 38043 Grenoble, France. FAU - Roussin, Anne AU - Roussin A AD - Centre d'addictovigilance de Toulouse, faculte de medecine, 31000 Toulouse, France. FAU - Deheul, Sylvie AU - Deheul S AD - Centre d'addictovigilance de Lille, faculte de medecine, 59045 Lille, France. FAU - Frauger, Elisabeth AU - Frauger E AD - Service de pharmacologie clinique et pharmacovigilance, centre d'addictovigilance PACA-Corse, CHU, 13005 Marseille, France. FAU - Debruyne, Daniele AU - Debruyne D AD - Service de pharmacologie, centre d'addictovigilance de Caen, CHU Cote de Nacre, 14033 Caen cedex 09, France. Electronic address: debruyne-d@chu-caen.fr. LA - fre PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article TT - Les aspects actuels de l'usage de l'ecstasy/MDMA en France. DEP - 20160607 PL - France TA - Therapie JT - Therapie JID - 0420544 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Addictovigilance OT - Ecstasy OT - MDMA EDAT- 2016/07/03 06:00 MHDA- 2016/07/03 06:01 CRDT- 2016/07/03 06:00 PHST- 2016/02/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/05/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/07/03 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/07/03 06:00 [entrez] AID - S0040-5957(16)30057-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.therap.2016.05.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Therapie. 2016 Dec;71(6):553-562. doi: 10.1016/j.therap.2016.05.005. Epub 2016 Jun 7.