A 32-year-old woman experienced serious but reversible toxic reactions after ingesting an alleged 100 to 150 mg of MDMA (Ecstasy) powder. She arrived at the emergency department two hours later with agitation, hallucinations, combativeness, dilated pupils, rapid pulse (150 beats per minute), low blood pressure (90/50 mm Hg), rapid breathing (36/min), a high fever (41.6°C), and other symptoms. Her blood levels of MDMA were much higher than in any previously reported fatalities. Despite the severity, the reaction was reversible.
Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD) is a hallucinogenic drug that gained attention in the 1960s and early 1970s, producing perceptual disturbances that sometimes persisted long after the drug left the system, known as "flashbacks." These flashbacks may have contributed to the drug's decline in recreational use. This report describes histories of LSD use among alcoholism treatment facility inpatients and details flashback characteristics and associated subjective distress. Findings indicate a statistically significant relationship between the number of doses taken and the incidence of flashbacks.