PMID- 8914301 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 19970123 LR - 20131121 IS - 0022-1198 (Print) IS - 0022-1198 (Linking) VI - 41 IP - 6 DP - 1996 Nov TI - Traffic fatality related to the use of methylenedioxymethamphetamine. PG - 1082-4 AB - A recent traffic fatality has been attributed to the use of the drug methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA). The deceased was a 29-year-old white male with no known history of drug abuse. Toxicological analysis detected MDMA and metabolite methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) in the blood, urine, and vitreous humor specimens submitted for analysis. The concentrations of MDMA in clotted blood, sodium fluoride-potassium oxalate anticoagulated blood, vitreous humor, and urine were 2.32 mg/L, 2.14 mg/L, 1.11 mg/L, and 118.8 mg/L, respectively. The concentrations of the metabolite MDA were less than 0.25 mg/L in blood and vitreous, and 3.86 mg/L in the urine. FAU - Crifasi, J AU - Crifasi J AD - St. Louis University, Medical School, Berkeley, MO 63136, USA. FAU - Long, C AU - Long C LA - eng PT - Case Reports PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Forensic Sci JT - Journal of forensic sciences JID - 0375370 RN - KE1SEN21RM (N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine) SB - IM MH - *Accidents, Traffic MH - Adult MH - Fatal Outcome MH - Forensic Medicine/*methods MH - Humans MH - Male MH - N-Methyl-3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine/*adverse effects/pharmacokinetics EDAT- 1996/11/01 00:00 MHDA- 1996/11/01 00:01 CRDT- 1996/11/01 00:00 PHST- 1996/11/01 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 1996/11/01 00:01 [medline] PHST- 1996/11/01 00:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - J Forensic Sci. 1996 Nov;41(6):1082-4.