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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Pharmacol. 2020 Jun;31(4):378–384. doi: 10.1097/FBP.0000000000000540

Table 1.

Potencies at producing MDMA- and methamphetamine-like (Meth) discriminative stimulus effects. ED50 values were calculated from total session data. DAT/SERT selectivity refers to relative potency for inhibition of transmitter uptake by DAT over SERT.

Training Drug MDMA
(mg/kg)
Meth
(mg/kg)
MDMA/Meth
Potency Ratio
DAT/SERT
Test Compound Selectivity4
MDMA 0.67±0.05 2.09±0.06 3.12 0.88
Methamphetamine 0.86±0.07 0.33±0.13 0.37 111.00
Methcathinone -- 0.34±0.082 NA 136.00
Flephedrone 5.27±0.08 2.85±0.081 0.54 >36
Mephedrone 0.59±0.17 1.42±0.061 2.41 5.2
Pentedrone 2.00±0.11 2.67±0.182 1.34 51
Ethylone 4.57±0.06 5.01±0.083 1.10 .27
4-MEC 6.04±0.10 8.69±0.132 1.44 .23
3-FMC 0.86±0.10 0.74±0.072 0.86 60.3