Contribution of serotonin and dopamine to changes in core body temperature and locomotor activity in rats following repeated administration of mephedrone [PDF]
, 2015 The psychoactive effects of mephedrone are commonly compared to those of 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, but because of a shorter duration of action users often employ repeated administration to maintain its psychoactive actions.
Ebling, Francis J.P. +5 more
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Human Pharmacology of Mephedrone in Comparison with MDMA [PDF]
Neuropsychopharmacology, 2016 Mephedrone (4-methylmethcathinone) is a novel psychoactive substance popular among drug users because it displays similar effects to MDMA (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine, ecstasy). Mephedrone consumption has been associated with undesirable effects and fatal intoxications.
Papaseit Fontanet, Esther +8 more
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Journal of Mental Health and Human Behaviour, 2019 Introduction: Increasing mephedrone use is a major public health concern in India. There are limited data on sociodemographic determinants and psychiatric comorbidity associated with stimulant use disorder (mephedrone) (SUD-M) from India.
D U Bharath +6 more
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Clinical characteristics of chemsex users attended in a ngo in madrid
European Psychiatry, 2023 Introduction The intentional use of drugs before or during sexual intercourse (chemsex) is a phenomenon of special importance in the MSM (men who have sex with men) population due to its impact on mental, physical and sexual health.
J. Curto Ramos +6 more
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Microcrystalline testing used in combination with Raman micro-spectroscopy for absolute identification of novel psychoactive substances [PDF]
, 2016 Two new psychoactive substances, namely 4-methylmethcathinone (mephedrone) and 5,6-methylenedioxy-2-aminoindane (MDAI) were analysed with a novel combination of microcrystalline tests followed by Raman micro-spectroscopy to facilitate their absolute ...
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Mechanisms of hepatocellular toxicity associated with new psychoactive synthetic cathinones [PDF]
, 2017 Synthetic cathinones are a new class of psychostimulant substances. Rarely, they can cause liver injury but associated mechanisms are not completely elucidated.
Krähenbühl, Stephan +2 more
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Addiction, EarlyView.Abstract Aim To monitor community‐level consumption of 20 illicit drugs across urban areas of England using wastewater‐based epidemiology (WBE) surveillance at high temporal resolution. Design, setting, cases This study was conducted over a 12‐month period in 2022 sampling 24‐hour composite wastewater samples at 15 wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs ...
Helena Rapp‐Wright +14 more
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Severe Psychosis, Drug Dependence, and Hepatitis C Related to Slamming Mephedrone
Case Reports in Psychiatry, 2016 Background. Synthetic cathinones (SCs), also known as “bath salts,” are β-ketone amphetamine compounds derived from cathinone, a psychoactive substance found in Catha edulis. Mephedrone is the most representative SC.
Helen Dolengevich-Segal +3 more
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Alcohol Co-Administration Changes Mephedrone-Induced Alterations of Neuronal Activity
Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021 Mephedrone (4-MMC), despite its illegal status, is still a widely used psychoactive substance. Its effects closely mimic those of the classical stimulant drug methamphetamine (METH).
Milo Grotell +11 more
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Illicit drug use in the Flemish nightlife scene between 2003 and 2009 [PDF]
, 2012 <i>Aims:</i> Given the importance of party people as innovators and early adaptors in the diffusion of substance use, and given the lack of longitudinal scope in studies of the nightlife scene, we explored changes in illicit drug use among ...
Bellis, Mark +5 more
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