PMID- 27403159 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20160712 LR - 20201001 IS - 1687-6334 (Print) IS - 1687-6342 (Electronic) IS - 1687-6334 (Linking) VI - 2016 DP - 2016 TI - MDMA Impairs Response to Water Intake in Healthy Volunteers. PG - 2175896 LID - 10.1155/2016/2175896 [doi] LID - 2175896 AB - Hyponatremia is a serious complication of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) use. We investigated potential mechanisms in two double-blind, placebo-controlled studies. In Study 1, healthy drug-experienced volunteers received MDMA or placebo alone and in combination with the alpha-1 adrenergic inverse agonist prazosin, used as a positive control to release antidiuretic hormone (ADH). In Study 2, volunteers received MDMA or placebo followed by standardized water intake. MDMA lowered serum sodium but did not increase ADH or copeptin, although the control prazosin did increase ADH. Water loading reduced serum sodium more after MDMA than after placebo. There was a trend for women to have lower baseline serum sodium than men, but there were no significant interactions with drug condition. Combining studies, MDMA potentiated the ability of water to lower serum sodium. Thus, hyponatremia appears to be a significant risk when hypotonic fluids are consumed during MDMA use. Clinical trials and events where MDMA use is common should anticipate and mitigate this risk. FAU - Baggott, Matthew J AU - Baggott MJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-1000-194X AD - Addiction and Pharmacology Research Laboratory, Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. FAU - Garrison, Kathleen J AU - Garrison KJ AD - Addiction and Pharmacology Research Laboratory, Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. FAU - Coyle, Jeremy R AU - Coyle JR AD - Division of Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. FAU - Galloway, Gantt P AU - Galloway GP AD - Addiction and Pharmacology Research Laboratory, Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. FAU - Barnes, Allan J AU - Barnes AJ AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7780-3504 AD - Chemistry and Drug Metabolism, IRP, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. FAU - Huestis, Marilyn A AU - Huestis MA AD - Chemistry and Drug Metabolism, IRP, National Institute on Drug Abuse, NIH, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA. FAU - Mendelson, John E AU - Mendelson JE AD - Addiction and Pharmacology Research Laboratory, Friends Research Institute, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA. LA - eng GR - R01 DA016776/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - R01 DA017716/DA/NIDA NIH HHS/United States GR - UL1 RR024131/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160614 PL - United States TA - Adv Pharmacol Sci JT - Advances in pharmacological sciences JID - 101537654 PMC - PMC4923534 EDAT- 2016/07/13 06:00 MHDA- 2016/07/13 06:01 PMCR- 2016/06/14 CRDT- 2016/07/13 06:00 PHST- 2015/12/02 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/04/17 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/05/11 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/07/13 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/07/13 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/07/13 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2016/06/14 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1155/2016/2175896 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Adv Pharmacol Sci. 2016;2016:2175896. doi: 10.1155/2016/2175896. Epub 2016 Jun 14.