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3,4-Dimethylmethcathinone (3,4-DMMC) is a
stimulant Stimulants (also often referred to as psychostimulants or colloquially as uppers) is an overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the central nervous system and the body, drugs that are pleasurable and inv ...
drug first reported in 2010 as a designer drug analogue of
mephedrone Mephedrone, also known as , , and , is a synthetic stimulant drug of the amphetamine and cathinone classes. Slang names include drone, , White Magic, meow meow, bubble, ''txomin'' and yurrpt. It is chemically similar to the cathinone compounds ...
, apparently produced in response to the banning of mephedrone, following its widespread abuse in many countries in Europe and around the world. 3,4-DMMC has been seized as a designer drug in
Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...
. ''In vitro'', 3,4-DMMC was shown to be a monoamine transporter substrate that potently inhibits norepinephrine and serotonin reuptake, and to a lesser extent dopamine reuptake.


Legal Status

As of October 2015 3,4-DMMC is a controlled substance in China. 3,4-DMMC is banned in the Czech Republic. In the United States 3,4-DMMC is considered a schedule 1 controlled substance as a positional isomer of
4-Methylethcathinone 4-Methylethcathinone or 4-MEC is a chemical that bears a chemical resemblance to mephedrone. Due to its similarity to mephedrone, it is thought to be a stimulant and entactogen drug of the phenethylamine, amphetamine, and cathinone chemic ...
(4-MEC) https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/schedules/orangebook/orangebook.pdf


See also

* Serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor * Serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor *
Substituted cathinone Substituted cathinones, which include some stimulants and entactogens, are derivatives of cathinone. They feature a phenethylamine core with an alkyl group attached to the alpha carbon, and a ketone group attached to the beta carbon, along ...
*
Indanylaminopropane 5-(2-Aminopropyl)-2,3-dihydro-1''H''-indene (5-APDI), also known as indanylaminopropane (IAP), IAP (psychedelic), 2-API(2-aminopropylindane), indanametamine, and, incorrectly, as indanylamphetamine, is an entactogen and psychedelic drug of the a ...
* Methylone * Xylopropamine


References

Cathinones Designer drugs Serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agents {{nervous-system-drug-stub