2-DPMP (desoxypipradrol, 2-benzhydrylpiperidine, 2-phenylmethylpiperidine) and D2PM (diphenyl-2-pyrrolidin-2-yl-methanol, diphenylprolinol): A preliminary review

Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 253-258

  Corkery, John M ^a,c   Elliott, Simon ^b   Schifano, Fabrizio ^a,c   Corazza, Ornella ^c   Ghodse, A Hamid ^a  

^a ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Inverness Medical Innovations   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2 DPMP; D2PM; Death; Desoxypipradrol; Diphenylprolinol; Poisoning; United Kingdom (UK)

Indexed keywords

DESOXYPIPRADROL; DIPHENYL 2 PYRROLIDIN 2 YL METHANOL; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; LAW; NARCOLEPSY; NONHUMAN; UNITED KINGDOM;

DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROUTES; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PIPERIDINES; PYRROLIDINES; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 84866995685     PISSN: 02785846     EISSN: 18784216     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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