4-Fluoromethamphetamine
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4-Fluoromethamphetamine (4-FMA) 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 related to methamphetamine
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a psychostimulant of the phenethylamine and amphetamine class of psychoactive drugs...

 and 4-fluoroamphetamine. It has been reported to be sold on the illicit market as a controlled substance analogue
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...

, but little is known about its pharmacology or toxicology as yet. It became a controlled drug in Japan in 2006. It was initially reported to be contained as an ingredient in some of the range of party pills
Party pills
Party pills, also known as "herbal highs", "pep pills" "dance pills" and "natural power", is a colloquialism for a type of recreational drug whose main ingredient was originally benzylpiperazine , but has now expanded to a wide range of compounds with a variety of effects...

 sold internationally by the Israeli company Neorganics from around 2006 onwards, but this was later shown to be incorrect and this ingredient was eventually identified as the closely related compound 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...

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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-FMA)
  • 3-Fluoroethamphetamine
    3-Fluoroethamphetamine
    3-Fluoroethamphetamine is a stimulant drug which acts as a releaser of the monoamine neurotransmitters noradrenaline, dopamine and serotonin...

     (3-FEA)
  • 4-Fluoroamphetamine (4-FA)
  • 4-Fluoromethcathinone (4-FMC)
  • 4-Methylmethamphetamine
    4-Methylmethamphetamine
    4-Methylmethamphetamine is a putative stimulant and entactogen drug of the amphetamine class. It is the β-deketo analogue of mephedrone.- See also :* 4-Methylamphetamine * 4-Methylmethcathinone * 3-Methoxymethamphetamine...

     (4-MMA)
  • 4-Methoxymethamphetamine (PMMA)
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