MDMA And Drug Abuse

A patent was filed in the early 1900s by Merck Company for MDMA. One source reports the patent was filed in 1912 while the other reports the patent was filed in 1913 with a patent number of 274.350. When it was patented, there was no intended use mentioned in any of my sources. It is reported that MDMA was not ingested until the 1970s. Dr. Alexander Shulgin rediscovered MDMA in the 1970s. No exact year or date was listed. When Dr. Shulgin first discovered the product, it was promoted as a therapeutic product. It was meant to give insight into problems and reduce psychological defenses. During the 1970s, many Americans and doctors called MDMA, “penicillin for the soul”. At this time, it had not been tested or approved for human use. The next
The first pattern is escalating use. This is the pattern that is most seen by medical professionals when it comes to compulsive users. This will only happen until the side effects and hangovers are so severe. The user will swear off the drug after crashing. Some users will even seek help from medical professionals and be prescribed medications. The second drug abuse pattern us where the user “makes peace” with the drug. They accept the suppressed serotonin by using large doses of MDMA. It ends up becoming more like methamphetamine than ecstasy. The fate of the users is not well known in this pattern as it is rarely and abuse pattern. Although, most users end up crashing and seeking help. The escalating use pattern users can almost always expect a full recovery. However, it can take months for the brain to become normal
Other physical effects include an increase in wakefulness, endurance and a sense of energy, sexual arousal and lowers fatigue and sleepiness. The undesirable physical effects that start at one week can include restlessness, aggression, sleep disturbances, lack of appetite, thirst, and a reduced interest in and/or getting pleasure from sex. There are also potential adverse health effects that can result from long term use of ecstasy. These include nausea, chills, sweating, involuntary jaw clenching and teeth grinding, muscle cramping, blurred vision, hyperthermia, dehydration, high blood pressure, heart failure, kidney failure and