Indapyrophenidone is a synthetic drug of the

cathinone Cathinone (also known as benzoylethanamine, or β-keto-amphetamine) is a monoamine alkaloid found in the shrub ''Catha edulis'' (khat) and is chemically similar to ephedrine, cathine, methcathinone and other amphetamines. It is probably the m ...

class that has been sold online 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. Des ...

. The substance is the indanyl-α-phenyl analogue of the

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 α-PVP, however it is also structurally related to diarylethylamines such as fluorolintane and

UWA-001 UWA-001 (also known as α-phenyl-MDMA and methylenedioxymephenidine) is a phenethylamine derivative invented at the University of Western Australia as non-toxic alternative to 3,4-methylenedioxy-''N''-methylamphetamine (MDMA) and researched as ...

. Its mechanism of action is unknown.

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Designer drugs Diarylethylamines Drugs with unknown mechanisms of action Pyrrolidinophenones Stimulants {{nervous-system-drug-stub

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