PMID- 34188977
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20210701
IS  - 2168-8184 (Print)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Electronic)
IS  - 2168-8184 (Linking)
VI  - 13
IP  - 5
DP  - 2021 May 25
TI  - Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)-Induced Hyponatremia: Case Report and 
      Literature Review.
PG  - e15223
LID - 10.7759/cureus.15223 [doi]
LID - e15223
AB  - 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine, MDMA, or "ecstasy", is a trending recreational 
      drug used by the young crowd for obtaining "euphoria." Over the past few years, 
      there have been multiple reports of teenagers committing suicide and suddenly 
      dying post ingesting MDMA. Compared to other illicit drugs such as heroin, hash 
      and cocaine, ecstasy is relatively new hence the popularity. There are multiple 
      toxicities associated with MDMA, including but not limited to seizures, 
      depression, liver failure, or thrombosis. However, in this report, we will focus 
      on hyponatremia and one of the most feared complications of such electrolyte 
      disturbance: seizures. The rapid reversal of the hyponatremia with hypertonic 
      saline in such acute setting is key to reduce risk of cerebral swelling. We 
      report a case of a young female with no past medical history who presented to 
      emergency department post ecstasy use with tonic-clonic seizure and hyponatremia.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2021, Elkattawy et al.
FAU - Elkattawy, Sherif
AU  - Elkattawy S
AD  - Internal Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School/Trinitas Regional Medical 
      Center, Elizabeth, USA.
FAU - Mowafy, Ahmed
AU  - Mowafy A
AD  - Internal Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School/Trinitas Regional Medical 
      Center, Elizabeth, USA.
FAU - Younes, Islam
AU  - Younes I
AD  - Internal Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School/Trinitas Regional Medical 
      Center, Elizabeth, USA.
FAU - Tucktuck, Marina
AU  - Tucktuck M
AD  - Internal Medicine, St. George's University School of Medicine, True Blue, GRD.
FAU - Agresti, James
AU  - Agresti J
AD  - Nephrology, Trinitas Regional Medical Center, Elizabeth, USA.
LA  - eng
PT  - Case Reports
DEP - 20210525
PL  - United States
TA  - Cureus
JT  - Cureus
JID - 101596737
PMC - PMC8232921
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - ecstasy
OT  - hyponatremia
OT  - mdma
OT  - methylenedioxymethamphetamine
OT  - recreational drug
COIS- The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
EDAT- 2021/07/01 06:00
MHDA- 2021/07/01 06:01
PMCR- 2021/05/25
CRDT- 2021/06/30 06:41
PHST- 2021/06/30 06:41 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/07/01 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/07/01 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/05/25 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.7759/cureus.15223 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Cureus. 2021 May 25;13(5):e15223. doi: 10.7759/cureus.15223.