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[Acute liver damage after using ecstasy].

E Shiloach1, E Zecler, M Horowiz

  • 1Dept. of Medicine C, Assaf Harofeh Medical Center, Zerifin.

Harefuah
|July 26, 2000
PubMed
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Ecstasy, a recreational stimulant, can cause severe liver damage. This case highlights recurrent hepatitis and cirrhosis in a young woman after drug use, urging medical professionals to consider ecstasy in unexplained liver disease.

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Area of Science:

  • Hepatology
  • Toxicology
  • Internal Medicine

Background:

  • Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine) is a recreational stimulant with limited reported cases of acute liver injury.
  • Younger populations predominantly use ecstasy for its psychoactive effects.