Ecstasy During Pregnancy | Pharma Mirror Magazine

Taking drugs while pregnant may cause serious developmental problems for the baby, even for over-the-counter medications. Imagine how much more dangerous a street drug can be, when the dosage, purity, and composition are unknown. Not surprisingly, recent studies have shown that amphetamine or MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine)  has serious detrimental effects in a developing fetus. In 2001, a group of researchers at the University of Cincinnati showed that when Ecstasy was given to rats during the developmental period corresponding to the third trimester of a human pregnancy, they suffered memory and learning deficits that persisted for the rest of their life. The results were