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^ Separate this part from ubrogepant and it looks like it could be a stimulant drug...

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[S.J.B.]

January 27, 2020:

How a stress chemical turns mouse hair gray

 

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Xcopri (cenobamate), for partial-onset seizures

has anyone taken this? i just saw an online ad for it.

Cenobamate is an investigational antiepileptic drug with a unique dual mechanism of action: it acts via the reduction of persistent currents through voltage-gated sodium channels and positive allosteric modulation of GABAA receptors at the non-benzodiazepine binding site. (source)

so it acts like a gabapentinoid. or maybe like lamotrigine? trying to find an article that says if cenobamate acts on the α2δ subunits like gabapentinoids. plus the gabaA modulation.

it's schedule v. wonder how the high compares to pregabalin.

 

[red22]

I too wonder if it's a worthy gabaminergic.

 

[4DQSAR]

Caught In The Sting: Scorpion Consumption As A Dangerous Drug Trend

For some users, the initial sting or ingestion induces extreme pain, but this is soon followed by a hallucinogenic high that can last several hours

www.thefridaytimes.com

The scorpian venom made me think of this. It seems there is almost no psychoactive compound that at least some people will consume by choice.