Comment · Thu, November 8, 2012
Research Suggests no Neurotoxicity in MDMA
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PuffyCheek · 194 points
In partial response to what I've been reading in the bestof'd thread here at /drugs, I think it would be good to start a discussion about the neurotoxicity in MDMA.
I feel as if the harmful effects discussed in the thread were overblown. According to a research done by the Harvard Medical School last year in 2011, users who were asked to use MDMA under a controlled setting over a certain period of time showed no signs of cognitive impairment nor decreased mental ability.
So the question remains, why do we have so much evidence from past research studies that show otherwise? The researchers at Harvard Medical School responded by saying that past research studies lacked a proper control environment. What that means is that past research studies did not control their test group to make sure they didn't engage in unhealthy activities after ingesting MDMA (i.e. going to a rave and dancing for 8 hours straight).
No research since 2011 has proved Harvard Medical School's conclusion wrong, that MDMA is actually harmful to your brain. No other research studies that I could personally find had settings as controlled as the one conducted by HMS.
That being said, research was done…
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zeekip · 7 points
Can someone explain me what is so bad about redosing ?
Like why would 120 and 80(T+1) be so much more bad then 200 as starting dose ?
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
I have to say that, so that people realize the risks associated with it. That being said, I myself re-dose all the time. As long as you are being reasonable, keeping your temperature down, and taking the antioxidants I suggested, then you should be fine. Re-dosing is simply more dangerous because you are adding the possibility for more reactive oxygen species at a time when your body is already bombarded by them. It's also more likely to raise your body temperature after you have already been rolling and dancing for a while.