2-Fluoroamphetamine
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2-Fluoroamphetamine is a stimulant
Stimulant
Stimulants are psychoactive drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both. Examples of these kinds of effects may include enhanced alertness, wakefulness, and locomotion, among others...

 drug from the amphetamine
Amphetamine
Amphetamine or amfetamine is a psychostimulant drug of the phenethylamine class which produces increased wakefulness and focus in association with decreased fatigue and appetite.Brand names of medications that contain, or metabolize into, amphetamine include Adderall, Dexedrine, Dextrostat,...

 family which has rarely been sold as a designer drug
Designer drug
Designer drug is a term used to describe drugs that are created to get around existing drug laws, usually by preparing analogs or derivatives of existing drugs by modifying their chemical structure to varying degrees, or less commonly by finding drugs with entirely different chemical structures...

. In addition, both 2-fluorophenethylamine and amphetamine
Amphetamine
Amphetamine or amfetamine is a psychostimulant drug of the phenethylamine class which produces increased wakefulness and focus in association with decreased fatigue and appetite.Brand names of medications that contain, or metabolize into, amphetamine include Adderall, Dexedrine, Dextrostat,...

 have been found to act as potent agonists at the trace amine-associated receptor
Trace amine-associated receptor
Trace amine-associated receptors, abbreviated TAAR and otherwise known as trace amine receptors, abbreviated TAR or TA, are a class of G protein-coupled receptors identified in 2001....

 TAAR1
TAAR1
Trace amine-associated receptor 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the TAAR1 gene.- Function :TAAR1 is a G protein-coupled receptor activated by trace amines...

, making it likely that 2-fluoroamphetamine also has significant activity at this receptor.

See also

  • 2-Fluoromethamphetamine
    2-Fluoromethamphetamine
    2-Fluoromethamphetamine is a stimulant drug from the amphetamine family which has rarely been sold as a designer drug.-See also:* 2-Fluoroamphetamine* 3-Fluoroethamphetamine* 4-Fluoromethamphetamine...

  • 2-Methylamphetamine
    Ortetamine
    Ortetamine is a stimulant drug of the amphetamine class. In animal drug discrimination tests it substituted for dextroamphetamine more closely than either 3- or 4-methylamphetamine, although with only around 1/10 the potency of dextroamphetamine itself.- See also :* 2-Fluoroamphetamine*...

     (2-MA)
  • 2-Methoxymethamphetamine
    Methoxyphenamine
    Methoxyphenamine , also known as 2-methoxy-N-methylamphetamine , is a β-adrenergic receptor agonist of the amphetamine class used as a bronchodilator....

     (Methoxyphenamine)
  • 3-Fluoroamphetamine
    3-Fluoroamphetamine
    3-Fluoroamphetamine is a stimulant drug from the amphetamine family which acts as a monoamine releaser with similar potency to methamphetamine but more selectivity for dopamine and noradrenaline release over serotonin...

     (3-FA)
  • 4-Fluoroamphetamine (4-FA)
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