Mexedrone (also known as 4-MMC-MeO) is a
stimulant
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and an
entactogen drug
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of the
cathinone
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class
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that has been sold online as a
designer drug. It is the alpha-methoxy
derivative
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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 ...
.
Pharmacology
Mexedrone acts as a weak
serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitor (SNDRI) with
IC50 values of 5289 nM, 8869 nM and 6844 nM, respectively, as well as a weak
serotonin releasing agent (SRA) with an
EC50 value of 2525 nM.
Legal status
Mexedrone is illegal in Sweden as of January 26, 2016 as well as Japan as of August 24, 2016.
See also
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4-Methylcathinone
4-Methylcathinone (also known as Nor-Mephedrone, 4-MC and NSC-60487), is a stimulant drug of the cathinone chemical class that has been sold online as a designer drug. It is a metabolite of the better known drug mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) ...
*
4-Methylbuphedrone
4-Methylbuphedrone (also known as 4-MeMABP, BZ-6378 and 4-Methyl-α-methylamino-butyrophenone), is a stimulant drug of the cathinone class that has been sold online as a designer drug.
It was first reported to the EMCDDA in November 2011.
L ...
*
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 ...
*
Zylofuramine
Zylofuramine is a stimulant drug. It was developed in 1961, and was intended for use as an appetite suppressant and for the treatment of senile dementia in the elderly, but there is little information about it and it does not appear to have ever ...
References
Cathinones
Designer drugs
Serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibitors
Serotonin releasing agents
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