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MDAI ( 5,6-methylenedioxy-2-aminoindane) is a drug developed in the 1990s by a team led by David E. Nichols at Purdue University. It acts as a non- neurotoxic and highly selective serotonin releasing agent (SSRA) in vitro and produces entactogen effects in humans.
3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (also known as MDA and sass) is an empathogen-entactogen, psychostimulant, and psychedelic drug of the amphetamine family that is encountered mainly as a recreational drug. In its pharmacology, MDA is a serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine releasing agent (SNDRA). In most countries, the drug is a controlled ...
5-Iodo-2-aminoindane ( 5-IAI) is a drug which acts as a releasing agent of serotonin, norepinephrine, and dopamine. [2] It was developed in the 1990s by a team led by David E. Nichols at Purdue University. [3] 5-IAI fully substitutes for MDMA in rodents and is a putative entactogen in humans. [3] Unlike related aminoindane derivatives like MDAI ...
Mephedrone, also known as 4-methylmethcathinone, 4-MMC, and 4-methylephedrone, is a synthetic stimulant drug of the amphetamine and cathinone classes. Slang names include drone, [5] M-CAT, [6] White Magic, [7] meow meow and bubble. [8] It is chemically similar to the cathinone compounds found in the Khat plant of eastern Africa.
α-Methyltryptamine. α-Methyltryptamine (abbreviated as αMT, AMT) is a psychedelic, stimulant, and entactogen drug of the tryptamine class. [3] [4] It was originally developed as an antidepressant by chemists at Upjohn in the 1960s, [5] and was used briefly as an antidepressant in Russia under the trade name Indopan before being discontinued.
The lethal dosage is unknown. It was reported in PiHKAL, by Alexander Shulgin, that a psychologist had accidentally taken a 100 mg dose orally without apparent harm.. When sold as "Ecstasy", tablets containing 2C-B often contain about 5 mg of the drug, an amount which produces stimulatory effects that mimic the effects of MDMA; in contrast, tablets marketed as 2C-B have larger quantities of ...
Metered-dose Inhaler. A metered-dose inhaler ( MDI) is a device that delivers a specific amount of medication to the lungs in the form of a short burst of aerosolized medicine that is usually self-administered by the patient via inhalation. It is the most commonly used delivery system for treating asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease ...
Mass drug administration. The administration of drugs to whole populations irrespective of disease status is referred to as mass drug administration (MDA) or mass dispensing . This article describes the administration of antimalarial drugs to whole populations, an intervention which has been used as a malaria -control measure for more than 70 ...