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Designer Drug

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-007757

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.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-007757
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-007757",
  "term": "Designer Drug",
  "field": "Environment",
  "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.",
  "references": [
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/designer-drug/"
}

Record 7,757 of 30,736 in Environment terminology (MLC-0121). Request the full dataset.