There has been a report that a single tablet from Eindhoven in the Netherlands was found to contain 8mg of strychnine as well as MDMA (28th January 2000).

The fatal dose of strychnine is difficult to establish, some authors quote fatal doses as low as 5-10mg.  Fatalities have been reported at doses of around 15mg.

Ingestion of 5-7mg could lead to muscle spasm and twitching. Serious symptoms would be expected in children after a dose of 15-20mg.

However because life threatening symptoms can occur rapidly any dose should be considered life threatening.

Features may start within 10-30 minutes of ingestion. There is an increase in muscle tone with rigidity and hyperreflexia. The facial muscles are involved in addition to the limb muscles.

The dose of strychnine in the tablet (8mg) is such that the muscular effects probably resemble those from MDMA, but the tablet also contained MDMA.

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