PMID- 11341858
OWN - NLM
STAT- Publisher
LR  - 20191120
IS  - 1369-1600 (Electronic)
IS  - 1355-6215 (Linking)
VI  - 6
IP  - 2
DP  - 2001 Apr
TI  - Phenylalkylamine abuse among opiate addicts attending a methadone treatment 
      programme in the Republic of Ireland.
PG  - 177-181
AB  - Since the early 1990s ring-substituted derivatives of amphetamine have been 
      abused widely in the Republic of Ireland. The main ring-substituted amphetamines 
      being abused include methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA), 
      methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and methylenedioxyethamphetamine (MDEA). A 
      newer illicit synthetic analogue, which has been seized to a lesser extent by 
      Irish police, is N-methyl-1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-butanamine (MBDB). The 
      work presented here involved the determination of the type of ring-substituted 
      amphetamines being abused by a group of recovering opiate abusers participating 
      in a methadone maintenance programme in a Dublin Drug Rehabilitation Centre. 
      Urine samples which tested positive for amphetamines and ring-substituted 
      amphetamines via EMIT immunoassay were subjected to further analysis using GC-MS 
      with MBTFA flash derivatization. It was found that the methylenedioxypropanamines 
      were being abused, as was amphetamine itself. However, no abuse of 
      methylenedioxybutanamines or thioamphetamines was observed.
FAU - Kavanagh, P
AU  - Kavanagh P
AD  - Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Dublin, Trinity 
      College, Dublin, Ireland.
FAU - Dunne, J
AU  - Dunne J
FAU - Feely, J
AU  - Feely J
FAU - Maguire, R
AU  - Maguire R
FAU - Corrigan, D
AU  - Corrigan D
FAU - Keating, J J
AU  - Keating JJ
FAU - Meegan, M J
AU  - Meegan MJ
FAU - Clancy, J M
AU  - Clancy JM
FAU - Burdett, J
AU  - Burdett J
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Addict Biol
JT  - Addiction biology
JID - 9604935
EDAT- 2001/05/09 10:00
MHDA- 2001/05/09 10:00
CRDT- 2001/05/09 10:00
PHST- 2001/05/09 10:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2001/05/09 10:00 [medline]
PHST- 2001/05/09 10:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1080/13556210020040262 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Addict Biol. 2001 Apr;6(2):177-181. doi: 10.1080/13556210020040262.