· Usage increased to 25 tablets a day at peak
· Memory problems and paranoia may be lasting
Doctors from London University have revealed details of what they
believe is the largest amount of ecstasy ever consumed by a single
person. Consultants from the addiction centre at St George's
Medical School, London, have published a case report of a British
man estimated to have taken around 40,000 pills of MDMA, the active
ingredient in ecstasy, over nine years. The heaviest previous
lifetime intake on record is 2,000 pills.
Though the man, who is now 37, stopped taking the drug seven years
ago, he still suffers from severe physical and mental health
side-effects, including extreme memory problems, paranoia,
hallucinations and depression. He also suffers from painful muscle
rigidity around his neck and jaw which often prevents him from
opening his mouth. The doctors believe many of these symptoms may
be permanent.
The man, known as Mr A in the report in the scientific journal
Psychosomatics, started using ecstasy at 21. For the first two
years his use was an average of five pills per weekend. Gradually
this escalated until he was taking around three and a half pills a
day. At the peak, the man was taking an estimated 25 pills every
day for four years. After several severe collapses at parties, Mr A
decided to stop taking ecstasy. For several months, he still felt
he was under the influence of the drug, despite being
bedridden.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/drugs/Story/0,,1746333,00.html?ph
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