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Designer Drugs  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Drugs designed and synthesized, often for illegal street use, by modification of existing drug structures (e.g., amphetamines). Of special interest are MPTP (a reverse ester of meperidine), MDA (3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine), and MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine). Many drugs act on the aminergic system, the physiologically active biogenic amines.

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Entry terms

  • Customized Drug
  • Customized Drugs
  • Designer Drug

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-CGB7BQ5P-2

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