Increase in ER Visits Due to Ecstasy
Use
Press Release April. 2011
Ecstasy -- also known as MDMA (3, 4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine)
-- is often used at all-night parties called raves.
Its reputation as a "club" or party drug
belies the medical and mental dangers of even casual
use. Addiction, blurred vision, high blood pressure,
heat stroke, muscle cramping and kidney failure
are all issues that can occur in Ecstasy users,
particularly those who use this drug over extended
periods of time.
The United States government reports found an increase
in Ecstasy-related medical emergencies between the
years of 2004 and 2008. According to the report,
17, 865 patients were treated for medical emergencies
related to Ecstasy in 2008 which include agitation,
heart stroke and heart failure. The study which
was released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMHSA) also stated that
the number of reported medical emergencies was 10,220
in 2004. According to SAMHSA Administrator Pamela
S. Hyde, the amount of Ecstasy that is currently
being used is alarming and immediate attention must
be directed towards this issue.
According to Dr. Lewis Goldfrank, chairman of emergency
medicine at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York
City, the use of amphetamines is a significant problem
for young adults with a high mortality rate associated
with it, mostly due to multiple drug use. A wide
percentage of users in 2008 had reportedly mixed
the Ecstasy drug with other drugs or alcohol, increasing
the harmful effects to a great degree. Researchers
found that Cocaine use with Ecstasy is more likely
among people twenty one and older. The use of Ecstasy
also causes problems in the emergency room where
drugs are often used in combination with other drugs.
SAMHSA is putting aggressive prevention efforts
into place in hopes to reduce the use of Ecstasy
throughout the nation. This should result in fewer
visits to the emergency room for drug related medical
issues.
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