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- noun A
psychoactive drug , (RS)-1-(4-methylphenyl)-2-(1-pyrrolidinyl)pentan-1-one, used to treatchronic fatigue and as ananorectic .
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The original technical description of this group of compounds, synthetic designer drugs, is the "naphyl analogue of pyrovalerone".
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The chemical description of this drug is the "napthyl analogue of pyrovalerone".
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It has a close chemical resemblance to cathinones such as mephedrone and pyrovalerone - a drug developed in the 1960s to treat fatigue but largely abandoned due to the risk of abuse and addiction.
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It has a close chemical resemblance to cathinones such as mephedrone and pyrovalerone - a drug developed in the 1960s to treat fatigue but largely abandoned due to the risk of abuse and addiction.
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