Anyone see the new Fox (network) show "House" tonight? I just caught the end
of it, but they had a young guy on there that was real sick (in hospital), &
it turns out the guy had been taking ecstasy cut with colchichine? I think
I've heard of this (drug/chemical?), but am not familiar with it. I just
thought it was interesting, cuz the show's about an MD (?--I think) who
works in a clinic of some sort in the hospital where the other docs are, but
does not practice with the other teams of docs, & works on these 'freak'
cases that the other docs are having trouble with. The patient had bad
neurological problems & hair falling out, etc. (again, I caught the end, but
didn't hear the dx of the patient). The team of docs thought it was
something else, but Dr. House successfully solved the mystery illness by
figuring out the patient was taking XTC cut with colchicine. Anywho, just
thought it was interesting.

(refer to:)
http://www.apocatastasis.freeserve.co.uk/snuffyerself.htm
http://www.google.com/search?num=100&hl=en&c2coff=1&safe=off&q=ecstasy+cut+colch
icine&spell=1