3-Chloromethamphetamine (3-CMA) is a
substituted amphetamine
Substituted amphetamines are a class of compounds based upon the amphetamine structure; it includes all derivative compounds which are formed by replacing, or substituting, one or more hydrogen atoms in the amphetamine core structure with s ...
derivative invented in the 1960s. In animal studies it was deemed to be a "hallucinogen" rather than a
stimulant
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, though the assays used at the time did not distinguish between the compounds now termed
psychedelic
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s and those now termed
empathogens.
See also
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3-Chloromethcathinone
3-Chloromethcathinone (also known as 3-CMC and clophedrone) is a stimulant drug of the cathinone class that has been sold online as a designer drug, mainly in European countries such as Ireland, Italy, Poland and Sweden.
The pharmacology of 3-CM ...
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4-Chloromethamphetamine
''para''-Chloromethamphetamine (also known as 4-chloromethamphetamine and 4-CMA) is a stimulant that is the ''N''-methyl derivative and prodrug of the neurotoxic drug ''para''-chloroamphetamine (4-CA). It has been found to decrease serotonin i ...
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3-Fluoromethamphetamine
3-Fluoromethamphetamine (3-FMA) is a stimulant drug related to methamphetamine and 3-fluoroamphetamine. It has been sold online as a designer drug.
Legal Status
Canada
As of 1996, 3-FMA is a controlled substance in Canada, due to being an ana ...
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3-Methoxymethamphetamine
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5-Cl-bk-MPA
5-Chloro-β-keto-methiopropamine (5-Cl-βk-MPA) is a recreational designer drug with stimulant effects. It is a substituted cathinone derivative with a thiophene core, closely related to better known drugs such as βk-Methiopropamine and mephe ...
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Fenfluramine
Fenfluramine, sold under the brand name Fintepla, is a serotonergic medication used for the treatment of seizures associated with Dravet syndrome and Lennox–Gastaut syndrome.https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/label/2022/212102s003 ...
References
Chlorobenzenes
Designer drugs
Methamphetamines
Serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agents
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