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CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY-ADVANCES AND APPLICATIONS
Volume 5, Issue -, Pages 109-115Publisher
DOVE MEDICAL PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.2147/CPAA.S42832
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designer drugs/chemistry; street drugs/pharmacology; substance-related disorders/epidemiology; alkaloids/poisoning
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The abuse of synthetic cathinones, widely known as bath salts, has been increasing since the mid-2000s. These substances are derivatives of the naturally occurring compound cathinone, which is the primary psychoactive component of khat. The toxicity of synthetic cathinones includes significant sympathomimetic effects, as well as psychosis, agitation, aggression, and sometimes violent and bizarre behavior. Mephedrone and methylenedioxypyrovalerone are currently the predominantly abused synthetic cathinones.
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