Health hazard due to ecstasy pill Rolex

Deadly Danger: Wrong ecstasy pill in circulation

04/13/2014

According to media reports, false ecstasy pills have appeared in Switzerland, the consumption of which can be fatal. Local experts spoke of one of the most dangerous pills. On the pink drugs the logo of the watch brand Rolex is imprinted.

Wrong pills with Rolex logo
In Switzerland, according to media reports, false ecstasy pills have emerged, the consumption of which can be life-threatening. On the pink pill on one side, the crown logo of the Swiss luxury watch brand Rolex is stamped. The drug contained according to the Swiss Internet portal „20Minuten.ch“ not the ecstasy drug MDMA, but PMMA (paramethoxymethamphethamine). Both agents would cause the consumer's pupils to expand and their heart rate to rise, but with PMMA, the desired mood-enhancing effect of ecstasy would remain. In addition, PMMA only works after one hour, MDMA already after half an hour.

Expert speaks of one of the most dangerous pills
Therefore, there is a risk that the consumers could prematurely resort to a second of these already high-dose pills. According to the information from the Internet portal PMMA combined with MDMA develop a threatening interaction. Thus, the body temperature can increase to 40 degrees, it threatens high blood pressure, unconsciousness, coma, a fatal shortness of breath, cardiac arrest and organ failure. The „Rolex“-Pills showed up at a drug test in Zurich last weekend. The deputy manager of the local youth counseling Streetwork, Aleander Bücheli, told „20Minuten.ch“: „This is one of the most dangerous pills we have ever analyzed in our tests.“

Eight deaths in Northern Ireland last year
Bücheli warned: „In Europe, there have been deaths involving PMMA.“ In 2013, eight people died in Northern Ireland after having taken pills containing PMMA. One of these tablets also bore the Rolex logo, but was not pink, but green. The prevention specialists are also worried about high-dose ecstasy, as it would, among other things, the side effects such as pine milling or eye and Nervenzucken reinforced. In addition, seizures could occur. Furthermore, on the days after consumption, you run the risk of suffering from depression, lack of concentration, sleep disorders and loss of appetite. As ecstasy intoxication generally suppresses hunger, fatigue and feelings of exhaustion, a circulatory collapse can occur. (Ad)