These are just short-term problems. Research about the long-term effects of Ecstasy or MDMA is ongoing. A lot of it centers on how Ecstasy attacks areas in brain cells that manufacture the neurotransmitter serotonin. Ecstasy causes the nerve cells to release a rush of serotonin. Neuroscientists believe that these damaged cells grow back, but in a denser, abnormal formation.
Ecstasy is nothing to rave about.
Ron Besante, RN, BSN, is the Nurse Manager at the Student Health Center. He received his nursing degree from the State University of New York.