Para-Bromoamphetamine Explained

para-Bromoamphetamine (PBA), also known as 4-bromoamphetamine (4-BA), is an amphetamine derivative which acts as a serotonin-norepinephrine-dopamine releasing agent (SNDRA) and produces stimulant effects.

Another related compound is para-bromomethamphetamine known by the codename V-111.^[1]

Neurotoxicity

Like most other para-substituted amphetamines, PBA can be neurotoxic and may deplete the brain of 5-hydroxyindoles for at least a week.^[2]

See also

• Substituted amphetamines
• 4-Bromomethcathinone (4-BMC)
• 4-Fluoroamphetamine (4-FA)
• para-Chloroamphetamine (PCA)
• para-Iodoamphetamine (PIA)

Notes and References

1. Magyar K, Tekes K, Zólyomi G, Szüts T, Knoll J . The fate of p-bromo-methylamphetamine (V-111) in the body . Acta Physiologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae . 57 . 3 . 285–307 . 1981 . 7304194 .
2. Fuller RW, Baker JC, Perry KW, Molloy BB . Comparison of 4-chloro-, 4-bromo- and 4-fluoroamphetamine in rats: drug levels in brain and effects on brain serotonin metabolism . Neuropharmacology . 14 . 10 . 739–46 . October 1975 . 1196472 . 10.1016/0028-3908(75)90099-4 . 9620299 .