mecanism of action MDMA

[Claude05]

Is there somebody have a reference for the macanism of action of the MDMA?

 

[Helios.]

DA and 5-HT releaser.
Similar in chemical structure to DA.

(where DA=dopamine and 5-HT=serotonin)
"The proof is in the pudding."

 

[hussness]

There's a pretty good one for laymen on:
http://www.dancesafe.org/slideshow/intro.html
I'm not sure exactly how current it is. Otherwise you'd have to check some peer reviewed journal articles and do a lit search.

 

[djfriendly]

The DS slideshow is a bit dated. The best "how it works" guide I'm aware of written for the layman is:

http://thedea.org/howitworks.html

The graphics and writing style make it really easy to grasp.

 

[Helios.]

You eat a pill.
45 minutes later, you are either rolling (a subset of "high") or not.

It's really rather simple, if you think about it.

 

[lux]

There's a brief overview here:
http://www.erowid.org/chemicals/mdma/mdma_info7.shtml