'''Methedrone''' ('''''para''-methoxymethcathinone''', '''4-methoxymethcathinone''', '''bk-PMMA''', '''PMMC''', '''methoxyphedrine''') is a [[recreational drug]] of the [[cathinone]] [[chemical class]].<ref name=WADA>{{cite web | url = http://list.wada-ama.org/list/s6-stimulants/cathinone-and-its-analogues-e-g-mephedrone-methedrone-α-pyrrolidinovalerophenone/ | title = Cathinone and its analogues (e.g. mephedrone, methedrone, α- pyrrolidinovalerophenone) | publisher = [[World Antidoping Agency]]}}</ref> It is sometimes known by the street name meow meow.<ref>{{cite news|title=Paul Ross to Take BBC Break After Admitting Drug Use|url=http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/sep/01/paul-ross-bbc-drug-use-mephedrone|accessdate=1 September 2014|work=The Guardian|agency=Press Association|date=1 September 2014}}</ref> Chemically, methedrone is closely related to [[para-methoxymethamphetamine|''para''-methoxymethamphetamine]] (PMMA), [[methylone]] and [[mephedrone]].
'''Methedrone''' ('''''para''-methoxymethcathinone''', '''4-methoxymethcathinone''', '''bk-PMMA''', '''PMMC''', '''methoxyphedrine''') is a [[recreational drug]] of the [[cathinone]] [[chemical class]].<ref name=WADA>{{cite web | url = http://list.wada-ama.org/list/s6-stimulants/cathinone-and-its-analogues-e-g-mephedrone-methedrone-α-pyrrolidinovalerophenone/ | title = Cathinone and its analogues (e.g. mephedrone, methedrone, α- pyrrolidinovalerophenone) | publisher = [[World Antidoping Agency]]}}</ref> Chemically, methedrone is closely related to [[para-methoxymethamphetamine|''para''-methoxymethamphetamine]] (PMMA), [[methylone]] and [[mephedrone]].
The health risks associated with methedrone are mostly unknown, but are expected to be similar to other cathinones.[3] Methedrone was almost immediately withdrawn from sale by initial vendors after reports of adverse health effects.[citation needed] Some amphetamineanalogs containing a para-methoxy group are known to cause severe hyperthermia and even death due to concurrent MAOI and monoamine releasing action.[4]
Overdose
The deaths of two young men in southeast Sweden in 2009 were attributed to methedrone overdose.[5][6] Both were comatose when found. One suffered cardiorespiratory arrest on the way to the hospital, while the second survived for 16 hours in the emergency department.
Legality
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^Becker J, Neis P, Rohrich J, Zorntlein S (2003). "A fatal paramethoxymethamphetamine intoxication". Legal Medicine (Tokyo). 5 (Suppl 1): S138-41. PMID12935573.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^Wikström M, Thelander G, Nyström I, Kronstrand R. (2010). "Two fatal intoxications with the new designer drug methedrone (4-methoxymethcathinone)". J Anal Toxicol. 34 (9): 594–598. PMID21073814.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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