Etoxadrol is a dissociative

Dissociative drug

Dissociatives are a class of psychoactive drugs which are said to reduce or block signals to the conscious mind from other parts of the brain...

 anaesthetic drug which has been found to be an NMDA antagonist and produces similar effects to PCP

Phencyclidine

Phencyclidine , commonly initialized as PCP and known colloquially as angel dust, is a recreational dissociative drug...

 in animals. Etoxadrol, along with another related drug dexoxadrol

Dexoxadrol

Dexoxadrol is a dissociative anaesthetic drug which has been found to be an NMDA antagonist and produces similar effects to PCP in animals. Dexoxadrol, along with another related drug etoxadrol, were developed as analgesics for use in humans, but development was discontinued after patients...

, were developed as analgesic

Analgesic

An analgesic is any member of the group of drugs used to relieve pain . The word analgesic derives from Greek an- and algos ....

s for use in humans, but development was discontinued after patients reported side effects such as nightmares and hallucinations.