Methoxypiperamide Explained

Methoxypiperamide (also known as MeOP and MEXP) is a psychoactive drug of the piperazine class that has been sold online as a designer drug.^{[1] [2]} It is the 4-methoxy-α-keto analog of methylbenzylpiperazine.

Very little data exists about the pharmacology and toxicity of methoxypiperamide; however, the US state of Vermont classifies it as a hallucinogen.

Legal status

Methoxypiperamide is a controlled substance in Vermont as of January 2016,^[3] and also in Hungary.^[4]

See also

• Substituted piperazine
• Sunifiram

Notes and References

1. Power JD, Scott KR, Gardner EA, Curran McAteer BM, O'Brien JE, Brehon M, Talbot B, Kavanagh PV . 6 . The syntheses, characterization and in vitro metabolism of nitracaine, methoxypiperamide and mephtetramine . Drug Testing and Analysis . 6 . 7–8 . 668–675 . January 2014 . 24574100 . 10.1002/dta.1616 .
2. Meyer MR, Holderbaum A, Kavanagh P, Maurer HH . Low resolution and high resolution MS for studies on the metabolism and toxicological detection of the new psychoactive substance methoxypiperamide (MeOP) . Journal of Mass Spectrometry . 50 . 10 . 1163–1174 . October 2015 . 26456786 . 10.1002/jms.3635 . 2015JMSp...50.1163M .
3. Web site: Regulated Drugs Rule . Vermont Department of Health . 14 October 2015 . 5 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160605063259/http://healthvermont.gov/regs/documents/regulated_drugs_rule_20160101.pdf . dead .
4. Web site: A Magyarországon megjelent, a Kábítószer és Kábítószer-függőség Európai Megfigyelő Központjának Korai Jelzőrendszerébe (EMCDDA EWS) 2005 óta bejelentett ellenőrzött anyagok büntetőjogi vonatkozású besorolása . Daath (Hungarian Psychedelic Society) . 3 September 2015 . Criminal law classification of controlled substances published in Hungary and reported to the Early Warning System of the European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA EWS) since 2005 . Hungarian .