Re:Ask HN: If you used to be socially awkward and shy, how d...
by dragonwriter on Sunday March 27, 2022 @12:19AM
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> Do you think MDMA just breaks down completely devoid of methamphetamine as a metabolite?
AFAICT, that is correct; why do you think it doesn't? Name-based intuition?
Every reference, paper, etc., I can find of MDMA metabolites does not identify N-methylamphetamine (“methamphetamine”) as a metabolite of MDMA, and every identified metabolite retains the two oxygens of the methylenedioxy unit (whether it retains the whole unit or not) that distinguishes MDMA from methamphetamine.
AFAICT, that is correct; why do you think it doesn't? Name-based intuition?
Every reference, paper, etc., I can find of MDMA metabolites does not identify N-methylamphetamine (“methamphetamine”) as a metabolite of MDMA, and every identified metabolite retains the two oxygens of the methylenedioxy unit (whether it retains the whole unit or not) that distinguishes MDMA from methamphetamine.