RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 MDMA impairs response to water intake in healthy volunteers
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 021113
DO 10.1101/021113
A1 Matthew J. Baggott
A1 Kathleen J. Garrison
A1 Jeremy R. Coyle
A1 Gantt P. Galloway
A1 Allan J. Barnes
A1 Marilyn A. Huestis
A1 John E. Mendelson
YR 2015
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2015/06/18/021113.abstract
AB Hyponatremia is a serious complication of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) use. We investigated potential mechanisms in two double-blind, placebo-controlled studies. In study 1, healthy drug-experienced volunteers received MDMA or placebo alone and in combination with the alpha-1 adrenergic inverse agonist prazosin, used as a positive control to release antidiuretic hormone (ADH). In study 2, volunteers received MDMA or placebo followed by standardized water intake. MDMA lowered serum sodium, but did not increase ADH or copeptin, although the control prazosin did increase ADH. Water loading reduced serum sodium more after MDMA than after placebo. There was a trend for women to have lower baseline serum sodium than men, but there were no significant interactions with drug condition. Combining studies, MDMA potentiated the ability of water to lower serum sodium. Thus, while MDMA lowers serum sodium and potentiates effects of water intake on serum sodium, ADH may not be the mechanism of these changes.