Pediatr. praxi. 2023;24(1):53-56 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2023.021

Acute liver failure after MDMA (Ecstasy) intoxication

MUDr. Markéta Nowaková, MBA1, 2, MUDr. Bořek Trávníček, MBA1, 2, MUDr. Michal Frelich, Ph.D.3, doc. MUDr. Jan Pavlíček, Ph.D.1, 2, 4
1 Klinika dětského lékařství, Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava
2 Lékařská fakulta, Ostravská univerzita, Ostrava
3 Klinika anesteziologie, resuscitace a intenzivní medicíny, Fakultní nemocnice Ostrava
4 Centrum biomedicínského výzkumu, Fakultní nemocnice Hradec Králové

Ecstasy (methylendioxymethamphetamine, MDMA) is the second most frequently used drug, following cannabis. Ecstasy is an illegal substance, and its acute intoxication risks being the development of serotonin syndrome, severe hyperthermia and malignant arrhythmias. Suicidal overdose with MDMA, which is described in this article, is rare but scarcely occurs. The authors presents a case report of ecstasy - induced serotonin syndrome and fulminant hepatic failure requiring liver transplantation following a suicidal attempt in a 16-year-old girl.

Keywords: MDMA, ecstasy, suicide, liver failure.

Accepted: February 7, 2023; Published: February 20, 2023  Show citation

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Nowaková M, Trávníček B, Frelich M, Pavlíček J. Acute liver failure after MDMA (Ecstasy) intoxication. Pediatr. praxi. 2023;24(1):53-56. doi: 10.36290/ped.2023.021.
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