Editing MDMA (section)

===Detection in body fluids===
MDMA and MDA may be quantitated in blood, plasma or urine to monitor for use, confirm a diagnosis of poisoning or assist in the forensic investigation of a traffic or other criminal violation or a sudden death. Some drug abuse screening programs rely on hair, saliva, or sweat as specimens. Most commercial amphetamine immunoassay screening tests cross-react significantly with MDMA or its major metabolites, but chromatographic techniques can easily distinguish and separately measure each of these substances. The concentrations of MDA in the blood or urine of a person who has taken only MDMA are, in general, less than 10% those of the parent drug.<ref name = "Kolbrich_2008" /><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Barnes AJ, De Martinis BS, Gorelick DA, Goodwin RS, Kolbrich EA, Huestis MA | title = Disposition of MDMA and metabolites in human sweat following controlled MDMA administration | journal = Clinical Chemistry | volume = 55 | issue = 3 | pages = 454–62 | date = March 2009 | pmid = 19168553 | pmc = 2669283 | doi = 10.1373/clinchem.2008.117093 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book | vauthors = Baselt RC |title=Disposition of toxic drugs and chemicals in man |date=2011 |publisher=Biomedical Publications |location=Seal Beach, Ca. |isbn=978-0-9626523-8-7 |edition=9th | pages = 1078–1080 }}</ref>

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