Parrott, AC and Lock, J and Adnum, L and Thome, J (2013) MDMA can increase cortisol levels by 800% in dance clubbers. Journal of Psychopharmacology, 27 (1). pp. 113-114. ISSN 0269-8811
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Abstract
Wolff et al. (2012) described some very interesting new data on genetic polymorphism related to the neurohormonal effects of recreational ecstasy/MDMA. They collected biological samples from volunteers before and after dance clubbing, with MDMA presence indicted via urine analysis. They found that levels of cor- tisol were 110% higher in MDMA users post-clubbing, compared with dance clubbers who had not taken MDMA. They claimed that their study was ‘The first in the field replication’ of previous laboratory study findings on MDMA and cortisol release (Wolff et al., 2012, p. 425). However, we have undertaken two previous studies of cortisol levels in dance clubbers, with MDMA also bio- chemically confirmed, with saliva analyses (Parrott et al., 2007, 2008). However, we reported far larger increases in cortisol, with peak group mean increases of 800% in MDMA-users monitored in the dance club.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Faculty / Department: | Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | Laura Adnum |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2023 13:20 |
| Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2023 13:20 |
| URI: | https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/3987 |
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