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  1. Research, Technology, Methods
  2. drugs
  3. designer drugs

Preferred term

designer drugs

Type

  • Chemical

Definition

  • Information 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.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings 2017

    Type: Concept definition

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Synonyms

  • customized drugs

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URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/305978

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