title: Diabetic ketoacidosis complicated by the use of ecstasy: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamin), a hallucinogenic amphetamine, is often used by young people, especially at 'raves'. This illicit drug can cause many metabolic changes and its use, when associated with prolonged exercise, may exacerbate ketoacidosis in type 1 diabetic patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  This is a case of ketoacidosis complicated by the use of ecstasy in a 19-year-old insulin-dependent diabetic Caucasian woman.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of ecstasy may trigger diabetic ketoacidosis in patients with a preexisting metabolic disorder.
authors.affiliation: Rua Eusébio de Queirós, 287; AP 403, CEP:89203-100 Joinville-SC, Brasil. barbaravsouza@yahoo.com.br.
authors.forename: Mirnaluci Paulino Ribeiro
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Gama
authors.forename: Bárbara Vicente
authors.initials: BV
authors.lastname: de Souza
authors.forename: Ana Carolina
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ossowski
authors.forename: Rafaela Cristina
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Perraro