Increased cortisol levels in hair of recent Ecstasy/MDMA users

AC Parrott, HR Sands, L Jones, A Clow, P Evans… - European …, 2014 - Elsevier

Author(s): Bryn Jones , Angela Clow , Philip Evans

Focus: MDMA

Abstract:

Previous research has revealed an acute 8-fold increase in salivary cortisol following self-administrated Ecstasy/MDMA in dance clubbers. It is currently not known to what extent repeated usage impacts upon activity of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis over a …