Posted by chemist on August 29, 2004, at 16:59:21
In reply to Re: Ecstasy safely converted and prescribed?, posted by flmm on August 29, 2004, at 16:27:38
> I agree! I think you are a little off here chemist, no offence. I have seen reports that E uses up serotonin as opposed to what ssri meds do. So, after much usage you no longer have serotonin to work with anymore. Giving you untreatable depression, which is what the danger of this drug is all about! Long term use can lead to this! Not to be messed with!
hello there, chemist here...becksA asked if there was a way to harness the potential good from MDMA and render it safe for long-term use. if you read my reply, you will notice that i did not assert directly or indirectly that long-term use was either good or bad. i did mention that the drug was used for numerous years in conjunction with therapy and positive results have been reported. i made it very clear that MDMA was not legal in the u.s., and outlined the punishment for possession of the drug. i did not offer information related to synthetic routes, and did (accurately) comment that if one were prescribed the drug - as the participants of, say, the MAPS study are - or if someone who is a skilled synthesist made the substance from pure precursors, that the MDMA would be of high-quality (free of impurities). i did not endorse or recommend daily or long-term use. i have stated during my time on PB on several occasions that i do not endorse the use of this drug. that is my opinion, and there are data that do exist (mostly archival, but many recent) that indicate that in a therapeutic setting MDMA can be a useful adjunct to therapy, especially in cases of PTSD. i implore all people who respond to my posts to read them. in this manner, you can address my post directly. by indirectly asserting that i endorse long-term and frequent use of MDMA - which is an erroneous assumption made by linkadge - you are not only guilty of not gathering all the facts but continuing to propagate a false chain of thought attributable to me. all the best, chemist
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