Camfetamine Explained

Camfetamine (N-methyl-3-phenyl-norbornan-2-amine) is a stimulant drug closely related to the appetite suppressant fencamfamine, being its N-methyl homologue.^[1] It has been sold as a designer drug following the banning of mephedrone and related substituted cathinone derivatives in many countries,^[2] and reportedly has slightly stronger stimulant effects than fencamfamine, but with correspondingly more severe side effects.

See also

• Dimethocaine
• Ethylphenidate
• Methiopropamine

Notes and References

1. DE . patent . Thesing J, Seitz G, Hotovy R, Sommer S . Verfahren zur Herstellung analeptisch wirksamer N-substituierter Aminonorcamphanderivate bzw. von deren Säureadditionssalzen und quaternären Ammoniumverbindungen . 1110159 . 1961-07-06 . E. Merck AG .
2. Kavanagh P, Angelov D, O'Brien J, Power JD, McDermott SD, Talbot B, Fox J, O'Donnell C, Christie R . 6 . The synthesis and characterization N-methyl-3-phenyl-norbornan-2-amine (Camfetamine™) . Drug Testing and Analysis . 5 . 4 . 247–53 . April 2013 . 22374810 . 10.1002/dta.411 .