PMA & mecke reagent

[flygirlie]

HELP
ok there goess.... i have mecke reagent .... does PMA give any color reaction to this Reagent ????
MD** turns blue will PMA also turn blue???

 

[Soma]

Check your instructions. Visit the dancesafe web site. All is there for your pursual!
I'll quote some of the more relevent parts:

What is PMA? Will the kit screen for it?
PMA, or paramethoxyamphtamine, is a drug that has been found in some fake "ecstasy" tablets, and has been responsible for a large number of deaths. For more information on PMA, visit the London Toxicology Group's PMA page.
Ecstasy testing kits are effective in screening against PMA because they do not change color in its presence.
taken from: http://www.dancesafe.org/testingkits/
Its a little misleading. You can't say you are testing for something because nothing happens, although this and other sites do. Another interpetation is:
"If the substance does not go one of the colours shown on the chart, all that it means is that it is definantly not <insert substance>. Therefore it could be PMA, Pasta, A cargo liner, 3 headed monkey"
[ 19 March 2002: Message edited by: Soma ]

 

[aj]

OK, just PMA will not change color.
However, the big(gest) danger with PMA (and other primary amine drugs) is that it is often mixed with MDMA.
In that case, only EZ Test X-TREME will give an indication whether your pill is mixed. All other testkits are useless if your pill contains a mix of a primary AND secondary amine.
aj

 

[Soma]

How often is 'often'? Not very often. If there IS a primary amine present it is 'often' small (like under 20% active) MDA rather than PMA.
But I must say, your chances of getting MDMA and PMA together are greatly increased from 0 to something if you get a substance that activates simon's and robadope.
Anyhoo...