Eutylone
Eutylone is a synthetic psychoactive substance of the substituted cathinone and substituted phenethylamine chemical classes.12 It is classified as both a stimulant and an entactogen, producing a combination of effects that include increased energy and wakefulness alongside enhanced empathy and sociability.2 As a synthetic cathinone, eutylone belongs to a broader family of novel psychoactive substances commonly encountered in research chemical markets.13
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Dosage & Duration
Dosage
Duration
Subjective Effects
Eutylone produces a primarily stimulating experience with an empathogenic component that is generally described as weaker and less emotionally warm than that of MDMA, for which it has frequently been mis-sold. The effects lean heavily toward physical and mental stimulation, with the entactogenic qualities fading faster than the stimulant ones, leaving a long, wakeful tail. Compulsive redosing is commonly reported as the initial euphoria diminishes.
Physical
Physical effects are dominated by stimulation, including increased heart rate, appetite suppression, and difficulty sleeping that can persist for many hours after the primary effects have subsided.
Stimulation
Uncomfortable
Cognitive
The headspace combines mild euphoria and a muted sense of emotional openness with pronounced mental stimulation. As the experience progresses, the empathogenic warmth tends to give way to a more purely stimulated, sometimes anxious state, and users frequently report a strong urge to redose.
Emotional
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Pharmacology
Pharmacodynamics
Eutylone is a synthetic cathinone1 with stimulant and empathogenic properties. Its specific receptor-level mechanism of action has not been characterized in the available literature.
Pharmacokinetics
Tolerance
Substituted cathinones, Stimulants, Entactogens
Harm Potential
History & Culture
Eutylone was originally developed during the 1960s,1 though it remained obscure for decades before entering recreational drug markets. The compound was first reported to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) in 2014, marking its…
Legality
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References
Source Pages
Citations
- (April 2021). Eutylone and Its Structural Isomers Interact with Monoamine Transporters and Induce Locomotor Stimulation. ACS Chemical Neuroscience, 12(7), 1170–1177. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.0c0079712345
- (n.d.). 1-(1,3-Benzodioxol-5-yl)-2-(ethylamino)butan-1-one (Eutylone) — DEA Drug & Chemical Evaluation. https://www.deadiversion.usdoj.gov/drug_chem_info/eutylone.pdf12
- (August 2020). Eutylone Intoxications-An Emerging Synthetic Stimulant in Forensic Investigations. Journal of Analytical Toxicology, 45(1), 8–20. https://doi.org/10.1093/jat/bkaa1131
- (n.d.). Eutylone (bk-EBDB) and Benzylone (BMDP): Increasing Prevalence of New Synthetic Stimulants in the United States. https://www.cfsre.org/nps-discovery/public-alerts/eutylone-bk-ebdb-and-benzylone-bmdp-increasing-prevalence-of-new-synthetic-stimulants-in-the-united-states12
- (n.d.). Notes From the Field: Overdose Deaths Involving Eutylone (Psychoactive Bath Salts) — United States, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/71/wr/mm7132a3.htm1
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