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The last decade witnessed the emergence of new psychoactive substances NPSs , followed by a rapid increase in their prevalence and the constant introduction of new compounds into the clandestine market in order to circumvent the existing laws.
The five main classes of NPSs are synthetic cannabinomimetics, stimulants dominated by derivatives of cathinone , opioids, psychedelics, and non-pharmaceutical benzodiazepines. By analogy to other NPSs, psychedelic compounds, which produce marked alterations of perception, mood, and cognition, are widely used for recreational purposes. Psychedelics also called classical or serotoninergic hallucinogens are divided into two main groups based on their chemical structure: indoleamines termed also indolealkylamines; e.
Phenylalkylamines are highly selective for serotonin 5-HT 2 receptors, while indoleamines are relatively non-selective for 5-HT receptors, displaying moderate to high affinity for 5-HT 1 and 5-HT 2 receptor subtypes.
The phenylalkylamines can be further divided into two subgroups, one group being the phenylisopropylamines analogs of amphetamine , e. The prototype of the 2C series, 2C-B, was synthesized by Shulgin in Structure-activity studies indicate that this substituent significantly increases the affinity of the drug toward the 5-HT 2A receptor and its pharmacological activity Hansen et al.
It is important to note that stimulation of the 5-HT 2A receptors is required for the psychedelic effects of compounds such as LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin Glennon et al. Following this, several potent NBOMes were synthesized and introduced into the drug market.
In these, the iodine atom was exchanged for other halogens: e. This literature review was based on an exhaustive search of PubMed U. Only papers written in English and with full texts available by November were included. Furthermore, in each article and report obtained, references were checked carefully in order to identify possible additional publications missed during the initial search.
Table 1. Molecular modeling and molecular dynamics simulation studies performed on a human 5-HT 2A receptor model identified several amino acid residues as putative binding sites of NBOMes. Among them, a highly conserved Asp forms a salt bridge with the amine nitrogen, Ser and Ser form H-bonds with the 2-methoxy and 5-methoxy group, respectively, and Phe forms a van der Waals interaction with the benzene ring.
It should be emphasized that Asp, Ser, Ser, Phe are also important for binding and efficacy of different agonists and partial agonists at 5-HT 2A receptor Silva et al.
On the other hand, the van der Waals interaction between Phe and N -benzyl ring of NBOMes and the hydrogen bond formed by Tyr with the 2-position oxygen on this ring are considered to play a key role in the high potency and affinity of these compounds binding to 5-HT 2A receptor Silva et al. The activation of cortical 5-HT 2A receptors induces the head twitch response HTR in mice and rats, also referred to as wet dog shakes Willins and Meltzer, ; Abiero et al.
The HTR is widely used as a behavioral marker for hallucinogen effects in humans Halberstadt and Geyer, Two lines of evidence support a notion that this behavioral effect is mediated by cortical 5-HT 2A receptors.
Gatch et al. However, the latter assumption should be taken with caution, as some compounds e. In both sexes, the systemic administration of the drug reduced visual object and placing responses—an effect likely related to its pro-hallucinogenic action—and decreased acoustic and tactile responses. The drug increased body temperature only in females. On the other hand, it exerted an analgesic affect in males.
It is suggested that the observed differences could be related to a sex-dependent pharmacodynamic profile of 25I-NBOMe Miliano et al. Psychedelic drugs interact with various neurotransmitter systems, namely serotonergic, glutamatergic, dopaminergic, cholinergic, and GABA-ergic. Among them, the glutamatergic system appears to play a prominent role in the action of these drugs Aghajanian and Marek, Recently, Herian et al.
Subsequent studies performed by Miliano et al. The drug markedly elevated dopamine levels in the medial prefrontal cortex mPFC of females but not males. No statistically significant changes in extracellular levels of 5-HT in the three analyzed brain structures were found in both sexes Miliano et al.
These results suggest that in rats effects of 25I-NBOMe on dopaminergic and serotoninergic transmission depend not only on the brain structure but also strain and sex. An important question that remains to be fully resolved is whether NBOMe compounds are endowed with an abuse potential. Two behavioral tests, conditioned place preference CPP and self-administration SA , are widely used in studies examining the abuse potential of drugs by analyzing their rewarding and reinforcing effects.
The 25B-NBOME-elicited CPP was blocked by antagonists of D 1 - and D 2 -dopamine receptors, SCH and haloperidol, respectively, but was not affected by ketanserin, an observation indicating an important role of dopaminergic transmission in this phenomenon Custodio et al. Results of these studies are, however, not uniform. Among several factors that might contribute to the above discrepancies, different dosing protocols appears to play an important role.
Recent studies demonstrated that NBOMes exhibit neurotoxic and cardiotoxic activity. Acute 30 min and prolonged 5 h exposure of primary rat cortical cultures to 25B-NBOMe decreased spontaneous neuronal activity, measured as firing rate and burst rate Zwartsen et al.
The compound was fold more potent than its precursor, 2C-B. Both compounds used at doses of 0. Other less common routes of administration include oral, rectal, vaginal, intravenous or intramuscular injection, and smoking EMCDDA, ; World Health Organization, a , b. Doses and duration of action depend on the route of administration see Table 1. According to information given on drug fora, users may find that LSD has a slight metallic taste or no taste at all, while 25I-NBOMe will have a bitter taste.
Importantly, the use of serotoninergic drugs, e. Visuals are crazy, and the music is intense — waves of 3D objects have taken over my living room and everything looks beautiful! My perception of myself is erased. NBOMes produce an array of adverse effects Hill et al.
Severe agitation, agitated delirium, intensive unpleasant hallucinations, aggression that sometimes progresses to violent and self-destructive behavior, paranoia, suicidal attempts, psychosis with delusions, dysphoria, irritability, fear, and panic attacks. Hyperthermia, convulsions, clonus, motor incoordination, mouth numbing and impaired speech, insomnia, blurred vision, and leucoencephalopathy. Loss of location and time, confusion, short-term memory deficits, cognitive impairment, mental fatigue, altered mental state, loosening of association, and disorganized thoughts.
Srisuma et al. In general, the features of NBOMe toxicity are also induced by other psychedelics. The main difference is an intensity and frequency of severe intoxication symptoms. The incidence of seizures is higher with NBOMes compared with other psychedysleptics, whereas muscle spasms, hyperreflexia, and tremors are rarely noted in cases of intoxication with NBOMes. The progression from rhabdomyolysis to metabolic acidosis, anuria, and acute renal failure is a common complication of severe NBOMe toxicity, but this is reported less frequently in cases of intoxication with other drugs.
By analogy to other NPSs, except for opioids and benzodiazepines, at present there are no specific antidotes for NBOMes, and all treatments used are symptomatic. Clinical management of acute toxicity resulting from the use of NBOMe compounds consists of monitoring, including fluids, electrolytes, acid-base balance, and supportive treatment: mechanical ventilation and intravenous administration of fluids; benzodiazepines e.
Patients with hematological disturbances require transfusion s of blood preparations frozen plasma, frozen erythrocytes, or platelet concentrate. Severely aggressive patients may require antipsychotic drugs in addition to benzodiazepines Hill et al. Table 2 presents clinical fatality cases due to intoxication with NBOMes. In recent years, biotransformation studies have been carried out for many NBOMe compounds.
The metabolites have mainly been identified via in vitro study with microsomes and polled human hepatocytes or by the analysis of mouse or rat urine or authentic human samples of blood and urine collected from drug users. An accumulating body of data clearly indicates that NBOMes undergo extensive biotransformation that results in the production of numerous metabolites.
For example, Caspar et al. The reported biotransformation steps include oxidative deamination, oxidative N -dealkylation also in combination with hydroxylation, oxidative O -demethylation possibly combined with hydroxylation, oxidation of secondary alcohols, mono- and dihydroxylation, oxidation of primary alcohols, and carboxylation of primary alcohols Figure 2.
In the case of 25N-NBOMe, reduction of the aromatic nitro group and N -acetylation of the primary aromatic amine have also been reported. The dominant phase I biotransformation was O -demethylation, followed by O -di-demethylation and hydroxylation; accordingly, the most abundant metabolites were the O -demethylated and hydroxylated forms.
Phase I metabolites subsequently undergo glucuronidation and sulfation Caspar et al. Poklis et al. However, it is also possible that 25H-NBOMe is not formed during metabolic processes in the body but, more likely, is already present in the consumed product as a contaminant. Assuming that the halogenation step performed during synthesis in a clandestine laboratory was incomplete and the unreacted material was not adequately removed by purification, it appears likely that 25H-NBOMe could be present in the final drug product.
This makes the signals of the parent compounds approximately fold lower than those of the most abundant metabolites Stellpflug et al. The significantly greater intensity of glucuronated metabolites when compared to the parent compounds in plasma make them prime candidates to be used as markers for NBOMe intoxication Leth-Petersen et al. An important issue worth pointing out is the fact that metabolites can also be responsible for the toxic effects of NBOMes Leth-Petersen et al.
Two other groups of active formed compounds, which are also sold on the drug market, include 2C phenethylamines or NBOH derivatives Pasin et al.
For all investigated NBOMes, the corresponding 2,5-dimethoxyphenethylamine 2C-X metabolite formed during N -demethoxybenzylation was detected; however, they were mostly seen at low levels Temporal et al. Hence, only sensitive and specific analytical methods can be used for the detection, identification, and determination of NBOMes in biological materials Kyriakou et al. Even in post-mortem cases, the reported blood concentrations of NBOMe compounds also tend to be low and are often below 0. Although the compounds are generally present at higher concentrations in urine than in blood, detection methods should be targeted to the metabolites rather than the parent compounds.
The analysis of NBOMes can be a challenging task, even for laboratories equipped with sensitive modern methods, and popular immunochemical tests are not effective. Common analytical methods used in laboratories, such as gas chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry GC-MS or high-performance liquid chromatography with diode array detection HPLC-DAD without derivatization of the sample, are also inadequate for identifying NBOMe compounds due to insufficient sensitivity.
This latter technique allows for accurate determination of molecular and fragmentation ions, which in turn makes it possible to elucidate the chemical structure of compounds and consequently unambiguously identify not only the parent substance but also many metabolites.
Sometimes, a simple precipitation or just a dilution of a sample is sufficient. Although many methods have been developed for the detection of NBOMe analogs in biological materials, both in metabolic studies and authentic forensic sample analyses, only a few screening methods covering more than one or two NBOMe compounds have been published. Caspar et al. A diethyl ether:ethyl acetate mixture was applied for a two-step extraction. The approach allowed the detection of these analytes down to concentrations of 0.
Pasin et al. Temporal et al. A Q-Trap apparatus was used in multiple reaction monitoring MRM acquisition mode, which allowed the compounds to be detected at a level of 0. The method, characterized by LODs as low as 0. Urine samples were analyzed directly after dilution. Mass spectrometers were operated in positive ionization mode using full scan FS data and a subsequent data-dependent acquisition DDA mode. Both applied systems were comparable, but nanoLC allowed much lower eluent consumption: flow rate of 0.
Wohlfarth et al. Yu et al. The resulting MS-MS spectral data was used to establish a molecular networking map for different NBOMes, as these compounds generally showed similar product ion spectral patterns. The map was applied to spiked urine samples, confirming that it can be used for the rapid detection and identification of unknown NBOMes.
In addition to body fluids, other biological materials have also been analyzed for NBOMe compounds, including post-mortem tissues. Ameline et al. The hairs were collected 6. As a result of the analyses, the presence of 25I-NBOMe was demonstrated in two of five 2 cm hair segments at concentrations of 1. GC-MS is used less frequently but it can be a great tool in screening analyses when used in combination with a derivatization step.
In recent years, NBOMe derivatives, a specific set of psychedelic phenylalkylamines, have been encountered on the drugs of abuse market. NBOMe drugs are highly toxic and their intake has been associated with severe adverse reactions including deaths. The analysis of NBOMes and their metabolites is a challenging task; only sensitive and specific analytical methods can be used for their detection, identification, and determination in biological materials.
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. Abiero, A. Brain Res.
Aghajanian, G. Serotonin and hallucinogens. Neuropsychopharmacology 21 Suppl. Through a systematic analysis of medical-scientific literature and online resources e. Results were integrated with a multilingual qualitative assessment of a range of websites, drug fora, and other online resources i. Of these, 43 were considered to be relevant for the study and as such were monitored on a regular daily, weekly, or monthly basis, depending on their relevance.
The remaining websites were considered not to bear any interest for the present study and thus were no longer monitored. While a series of algorithms were used and adjusted to capture relevant information, analysis of relevant data since was also carried out manually by a multidisciplinary and multilingual team of analysts.
The drug is believed to be manufactured in China, but shipments from Europe and Canada have also been reported [ 5 ]. The 2-methoxybenzyl group attached at a nitrogen atom in 25C-NBOMe acts as protecting group in order to preserve the functionality of the amine group during a reaction [ 12 , 16 ].
This structural change allows a fold increase in potency as compared to other NBOMe compounds [ 16 ]. The pharmacological properties of NBOMe series were first investigated by Heim and collaborators [ 17 ]. The most common route of administration is the oral or sublingual ingestion mixed with solvents such as alcohol by soaking the liquid on a blotter and keeping it on the buccal mucosa for several minutes or swallowing it; Lawn et al.
Less commonly, 25C-NBOMe can be taken nasally insufflation and absorption of liquid solutions , through injection intravenously and intramuscularly , vaginally, and rectally, and it can be smoked as freebase [ 12 , 20 , 21 ]. When taken sublingually, the first effects are anecdotally described as unpleasant. These include a metallic chemical taste along with a sense of numbness of the tongue and mouth, which can last up to an hour after the ingestion.
Numbness of the tongue and mouth has been reported to be a key difference between blotter papers containing LSD and those containing NBOMe drugs [ 25 ]. This tingling sensation is also accompanied by spontaneous rushes of euphoria which become longer and more drawn out proportional to the dosage consumed [ 12 , 25 ].
For some users, the stimulation can be quite uncontrollable, occasionally resulting in bodily shakes and a grinding of the teeth comparable to that of MDMA and traditional stimulants such as amphetamine [ 12 , 25 ]. They can differ significantly. These include introspection, euphoria, acceleration of thought, conceptual thinking, time distortion, increased empathy, and sociability. Other effects, which become more common as dosages increase, include depersonalization, derealization, anxiety, dissociation, panic, and fear [ 25 ].
In addition, 25C-NBOMe is able to cause a wide range of hallucinatory states, including visual and auditory hallucinations [ 12 , 25 ]. Visual effects of the drug include increased visual acuity, enhanced pattern recognition, enhanced colors, and distortions e. The kitchen started to swirl around, everything became very colourful, the intensity increased exponentially.
It became way way more intense than I had expected very very quickly. Panic started to take hold and no matter what I did I could not shake it off. I tried to reassure myself and tried to calm down but as my world started to become more and more chaotic and as I started to completely lose myself I found this impossible to do Then things started to get really really nasty.
I was completely dissociated and out of the room, I was on the ground outside being pelted with rubbish by hundreds of people. There were ambulances, police cars and my dad all whirling round. This image remained for a long time. However after a while it was as if people understood and whilst some still hated me others were rooting me on to make it through to the other side of this trip.
Onset and duration of the effects largely depend on the doses and the routes of administration more details are given in Table 2 [ 12 , 15 , 21 ]. Residual long-lasting symptoms have been reported even several months after 25C-NBOMe consumption [ 26 ]. Overdoses lead to most severe effects; some recently reported cases of intoxication were associated with confusion, agitation, hypertension, tachycardia, hyperthermia, dilated pupils, heart failure, metabolic acidosis, generalized seizure, loss of consciousness, low oxygen saturation, acute kidney, and lung failures [ 25 , 27 — 29 ].
As 25C-NBOMe is a potent serotonergic agonist, these toxic effects may represent the clinical manifestations of serotonin toxidrome, which is known to potentially produce acute toxicity involving metabolic acidosis, rhabdomyolysis, seizures, renal failure, and disseminated intravascular coagulation. Since June , more than 10 fatalities have been reported as a result of the ingestion of substances in the NBOMe class [ 4 , 27 , 30 — 32 ] and at least 2 of these were attributable to 25C-NBOMe; in , a year-old and an year-old males died in USA and UK after having inhaled the drug [ 9 , 21 , 25 ].
From a legislative point of view, NPSs are often identified as temporary class drugs TCDs ; the TCD is a relatively new status for controlled drugs which has been adopted in some jurisdictions, notably New Zealand, USA, and the United Kingdom, to attempt to bring newly synthesized designer drugs under legal control [ 33 ].
In the United States the Controlled Substance Act CSA is the federal drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use, and distribution of certain substances are regulated.
CSA created five schedules classifications , with varying qualifications for a substance to be included in each; two federal agencies, the Drug Enforcement Administration DEA and the Food and Drug Administration FDA , determine which substances are added to or removed from the various schedules. Classification decisions are required to be made on criteria including potential for abuse, currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States, and international treaties.
Sale, possession, manufacture, and distribution of these three compounds are crimes under the US federal law [ 21 , 34 ]. This means that sale and import of the named substances are considered criminal offences and are treated as Class B drugs [ 21 , 35 , 36 ].
In New Zealand, 25C-NBOMe is considered to be substantially similar in chemical structure to the illegal hallucinogen dimethoxybromoamphetamine DOB , being therefore considered a Class C controlled drug analogue [ 21 ]. This can be attributed to developments in manufacture, distribution, administration, and communication of new recreational substances [ 3 , 42 — 44 ].
Therefore, it is crucial for both consumers of recreational drugs and health professionals to be aware of the effects and toxicity of NPSs so that proper toxicological investigations and eventual medical interventions can be performed. Through a systematic analysis of the current literature and other online resources e. The lack of awareness on its potential risks and unclear legal status of phenethylamine-class drug in various countries may favor the diffusion of 25C-NBOMe among drug users.
On March , the case of a woman who died after having assumed two blotters of what she wrongly believed to be LSD but that actually contained one of the NBOMe compounds was reported in the media [ 45 ]. As a result, emergency medical personnel should be alerted and prepared to treat patients also for the accidental ingestion of a drug in the NBOMe group, which necessitates more intensive care than would otherwise be assumed [ 4 , 46 ].
The patients may require benzodiazepines and other drugs for the control of overdose-related psychiatric symptoms such as agitation, aggression, or hallucinations [ 28 ]. At the same time, all the potential organic sequelae such as hypertension, hyperthermia, heart failure, metabolic acidosis, generalized seizure, acute kidney and lung failures, and manifestations of serotonin toxidrome should be carefully monitored.
Appropriate treatments might include fluids, aggressive cooling, pharmacological interventions, and other high-level resuscitative measures [ 4 ]. A similar challenge emerged in the last few years with the diffusion of the highly toxic and long lasting up to 3 days hallucinogenic drug Bromo-Dragonfly, which caused a number of fatalities among LSD users before it was recognized [ 47 ].
From a psychiatric point of view, there is a lack of data about long-lasting mental effects of 25C-NBOMe; however, residual symptoms have been reported even several months after its consumption [ 26 ].
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