para-Methoxyphenylpiperazine
Clinical data | |
---|---|
Routes of administration | Oral |
ATC code |
|
Legal status | |
Legal status | |
Pharmacokinetic data | |
Metabolism | Hepatic |
Excretion | Renal |
Identifiers | |
| |
JSmol) | |
| |
| |
(what is this?) (verify) |
para-Methoxyphenylpiperazine (MeOPP, pMPP, 4-MPP; Paraperazine) is a piperazine derivative with stimulant effects which has been sold as an ingredient in "Party pills", initially in New Zealand and subsequently in other countries around the world.
Pharmacology
MeOPP is anecdotally said to induce significantly less anxiety than similar piperazines, and is usually taken at doses between 120–200 mg. It does not produce prominent stimulant effects, but is instead said to be relaxing,[citation needed] however it is often mixed with stimulant piperazine derivatives such as benzylpiperazine (BZP) for a combined effect.
MeOPP has been found in vitro to
Legal status
New Zealand
Based on the recommendation of the EACD, the New Zealand government has passed legislation which placed BZP, along with a number of other piperazine derivatives into Class C of the New Zealand Misuse of Drugs Act 1975. A ban was intended to come into effect in New Zealand on December 18, 2007, but the law change did not go through until the following year, and the sale of BZP and the other listed piperazines became illegal in New Zealand as of 1 April 2008. An amnesty for possession and usage of these drugs remained until October 2008, at which point they became completely illegal.[3]
United States
MeOPP is not scheduled at the federal level in the United States.[4]
Florida
"Methoxyphenylpiperazine" is a Schedule I controlled substance in the state of Florida making it illegal to buy, sell, or possess in Florida.[5]
See also
- Substituted piperazine
- Acta Crystallogr. (2020). E76, 1779-1793
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989020014097
Fifteen 4-(2-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-ium salts containing organic anions: supramolecular assembly in zero, one, two and three dimensions
C. Harish Chinthal, C. N. Kavitha, H. S. Yathirajan, S. Foro, R. S. Rathore and C. Glidewell
Acta Crystallogr. (2019). E75, 1494-1506
https://doi.org/10.1107/S2056989019012702
Twelve 4-(4-methoxyphenyl)piperazin-1-ium salts containing organic anions: supramolecular assembly in one, two and three dimensions
H. Kiran Kumar, H. S. Yathirajan, S. Foro and C. Glidewell
References
External links
- Media related to Para-Methoxyphenylpiperazines at Wikimedia Commons