Posted by linkadge on April 21, 2003, at 19:19:41
In reply to Re: MDMA-induced brain damage, posted by stjames on April 21, 2003, at 11:22:33
MDMA does indeed damage the brain.
Unlike reputake inhibitors, MDMA
(the Amphetamine Derivitive of Mescalin)
displaces Serotonin and Dopamine
from the axon terminal. In experiments
with high enough doses the serotonin
synapses apear to corkscrew and die.They've known this since the 80's
May I suggest reading "Drugs and the Brain"
by Solomon H. Snyder.In this book it describes a process wherin
dopamine and serotonin supplies are excausted
producing a low grade crash the next day.
If the dose is repeated to prevent this
crash the next day, the high will be lower
and the dammage will be greater.You have to remember that the termnials maintain their integrity by holding adequate levels of the neurotrasmitters. If the chemical that displaces Serotonin (in this case MDMA) does not share the same protective properties as serotonin itself (which MDMA does not) then dammage is likely to follow.
Why do you think people started this whole
prozac Neuroprotection system?http://www.mdma.net/protect/prozac.html
The only reason that this dammage has not
been seen in humans..Is because they have
to cut the brain open to see it.
Lets face it
If they could accurately test the toxisity
of psychoative drugs on humans then they
would not use rats in the first place.
Linkadge
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