Effects of party pills

 

The effects of any drug vary from person to person.  It depends on many factors including an individual's size, weight and health, how the drug is taken, how much is taken, whether the person is used to taking it, the person's mood and whether other drugs are taken.  The effects also depend on the environment in which the drug is used - for example, whether the person is alone, with others, or in a social setting.

Immediate Effects

Depending on the dosage and the variety of pill(s) taken, the effects of these changes to your body can lead to:

• euphoria, energy, alertness for up to six hours
• aural and visual senses enhanced
• stimulation of brain and central nervous system
• increased or erratic heart rate and raised blood pressure
• skin tingling, sweating, tremor, fever
• clenching of teeth
• rigid muscles
• vomiting
• reduced appetite
• difficulty urinating
• agitation, anxiety
• insomnia
• paranoia
• water retention or dehydration, especially if the pills were used with alcohol
• sore throat or nasal passages if snorting
• significant hangover effects that can last up to 4 days
• if being drug tested it gives a positive result for amphetamines

In greater quantities

• hallucinations
• convulsions
• slowed breathing

Long-term effects

The longer term effects are not known yet but it is possible that over-use can lead to long term changes in the way the brain produces chemicals naturally.