The use of new psychoactive substances as drugs of abuse has dramatically increased over the last years. Hallucinogenic phenethylamines gained particular popularity as they have both stimulating and psychedelic effects. Although generally perceived as safe, these illicit drugs pose a serious health risk; they have been linked to cases of severe poisoning or even deaths. Therefore, simple, cost-effective and reliable methods are needed for rapid determination of abused hallucinogens (1).
Beyond the study of this particular class of drugs, this study provide a methodological framework to explore the relationship between the binding affinity profiles and the reported subjective effects of other psychoactive compounds (2).
This study review the central and peripheral mechanistic "triggers" of phenethylamine-induced hyperthermia and outline potential pharmacologic interventions for managing phenethylamine-induced hyperthermia based on these recently discovered hyperthermia mediators (3).
With this study, the authors introduce a liquid flush for catheters and other tubing-based applications that consists of a solution of β-phenylethylamine (PEA) in tryptic soy broth (4).
