3,4-Ethylenedioxyamphetamine (EDA), also known as EDA-6, is a

drug A drug is any chemical substance other than a nutrient or an essential dietary ingredient, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect. Consumption of drugs can be via insufflation (medicine), inhalation, drug i ...

of the

amphetamine Amphetamine (contracted from Alpha and beta carbon, alpha-methylphenethylamine, methylphenethylamine) is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy, an ...

family related to 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA). It is closely related to analogues including

3,4-ethylenedioxymethamphetamine 3,4-Ethylenedioxy-''N''-methylamphetamine (EDMA) is an entactogen drug of the methamphetamine class. It is an analogue of MDMA where the methylenedioxy ring has been replaced by an ethylenedioxy ring. EDMA was first synthesized by Alexander S ...

(EDMA),

3,4-ethylidenedioxyamphetamine 3,4-Ethylidenedioxyamphetamine (EIDA) is a substituted derivative of 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), which was developed by David Nichols and coworkers, in the course of research to determine the bulk tolerance around the benzodioxole po ...

(EIDA), and

3,4-isopropylidenedioxyamphetamine 3,4-Isopropylidenedioxyamphetamine (IDA) is a monoamine releasing agent (MRA) of the amphetamine family related to 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA). It is considerably less potent than MDA as an MRA ''in vitro''. IDA fully substituted for MD ...

(IDA). EDMA, the ''N''-

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analogue of EDA, is known to be a

serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine releasing agent A serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine releasing agent (SNDRA), also known as a triple releasing agent (TRA), is a type of drug which induces the release of serotonin, norepinephrine/epinephrine, and dopamine in the brain and body. SNDRAs produc ...

(SNDRA). According to

Alexander Shulgin Alexander Theodore "Sasha" Shulgin (June 17, 1925 – June 2, 2014) was an American biochemist, broad researcher of synthetic psychoactive compounds, and author of works regarding these, who independently explored the organic chemistry and ph ...

however, the drug only produced limited

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effects in humans at doses in the range of 150 to 250mg.

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Ethylenedioxyphenethylamines Monoamine releasing agents Substituted amphetamines {{Psychoactive-stub

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