2F-Viminol is a
pyrrole
Pyrrole is a heterocyclic, aromatic, organic compound, a five-membered ring with the formula . It is a colorless volatile liquid that darkens readily upon exposure to air. Substituted derivatives are also called pyrroles, e.g., ''N''-methylpyrrol ...
derived
opioid
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analgesic
An analgesic drug, also called simply an analgesic, antalgic, pain reliever, or painkiller, is any member of the group of drugs used for pain management. Analgesics are conceptually distinct from anesthetics, which temporarily reduce, and in s ...
drug, which was originally developed by a team at the drug company
Zambon
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in the 1960s. It is around twice as potent as the parent compound
viminol, though unlike viminol, 2F-viminol has never passed
clinical trial
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s or been approved for medical use. 2F-Viminol has been sold as a
designer drug
A designer drug is a structural or functional analog of a controlled substance that has been designed to mimic the pharmacological effects of the original drug, while avoiding classification as illegal and/or detection in standard drug tests. ...
, first being identified in Sweden in 2019. It is one of a number of structurally atypical opioid agonists to have appeared on the designer drug grey-market since broad controls over
fentanyl
Fentanyl is a highly potent synthetic piperidine opioid primarily used as an analgesic (pain medication). It is 30 to 50 times more Potency (pharmacology), potent than heroin and 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine. Its primary Medici ...
analogues were introduced in China in 2015.
It was made illegal in Sweden in August 2019 and in Latvia in November 2019.
See also
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AP-237
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Brorphine
Brorphine is a piperidine-based opioid analgesic compound. Brorphine was originally discovered in a 2018 paper investigating functionally biased opioid compounds, with the intention of finding safer analgesics that produce less respiratory depre ...
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Isotonitazene
Isotonitazene is a synthetic opioid analgesic drug from the nitazene class and structural homolog of etonitazene, which has been sold as a designer drug. It has only around half the potency of etonitazene in animal studies, but it is likely eve ...
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Z4349
References
Designer drugs
2-Fluorophenyl compounds
Opioids
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