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.
    

concept

The pathology of drug abuse / Steven B. Karch.

Designer Drugs

Catalogue

The pathology of drug abuse / Steven B. Karch.

Drink, drugs and dependence : from science to clinical practice / edited by Woody Caan and Jackie de Belleroche.