Comment · Fri, December 21, 2012
MDMA Neurotoxicity Part 1 Metabolites)
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MisterYouAreSoDumb · 129 points
This is probably going to be the first in a series of discussions I start about MDMA. There's just too much information for one post. Therefore, I am going to start with one that is very interesting to me: MDMA's metabolites and their role in neurotoxicity. I pre-appologise for the length and terminology used.
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First off, let's discuss how MDMA is metabolized. The human cytochrome CYP450 is responsible for the metabolism of MDMA. The primary enzyme responsible is CYP2D6, using O-demethylation. This process adds two hydrogen atoms to the two open oxygen atoms in MDMA to create HHMA. Let's look at the structure for a minute.
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MDMA is 3,4-methylenedioxy-N-methylamphetamine
HHMA is 3,4-dihydroxy-N-methylamphetamine
So your CYP2D6 enzyme added two hydrogen atoms to the methylenedioxy structure to create a dihydroxy structure. Once it's been o-demethylated to HHMA, it is no longer active like MDMA is. HHMA can then be 0-methylated further to HMMA, or 4-hydroxy-3-methoxy-N-methylamphetamine. Here is an image to help you visualize this process.
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Monkey_in_a_Barrel · 1 points
Sweet, I'm in the same boat, I have a baggie of shrooms in my drug stash, I'm just waiting for a good day to do them. I'm thinking a bluebird day out in the woods around Whistler, should be unreal.
I've only smoked weed, done MDMA twice and K twice, any advice on which drugs I should try next? LSD and shrooms are already lined up so those go without saying.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb
I like dextroamphetamine for dancing. Plus you can get pharmaceutical grade from someone with a prescription, and not have to worry about purity.
I enjoy Kratom as well. The different strains can be anything from sedating to euphoric.
Salvia is always a crazy trip too! It's strong, but short duration.