Accidental Intoxication with Methylene Dianiline p, p′-Diaminodiphenylmethane: Acute Liver Damage After Presumed Ecstasy Consumption

Abstract

The analytical data indicate that the participants of the technoparty assumed the aniline-derivative, the cause of Epping Jaundice, was methylendioxyamphetamine because the same abbreviation, MDA, is used for both compounds. An overview of the acute liver toxicity of aniline derivatives is given and the possibility of amphetamine-induced liver damage is discussed.