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Saturday, May 14, 2016

W-18 Pharmacology Update

From the last post on W-18, we should remember that other than the mouse writing assay data, we know nothing about the pharmacology of the substance. NOTHING.


 
Chemical structure of W-18


Well, that's changed a bit. At least officially unofficially.

Dr. Brian Roth (@zenbrainest) of Roth Lab in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill tweeted a few days ago that they had preliminary information on W-18 via the NIMH Psychoactive Drug Screening Program.

Regarding W-18 and possible activity at mu opioid receptors...


And what about activity at kappa and delta opioid receptors?


And toxicity at what cells?



So, there you have it. Officially unofficially W-18 has no activity at the mu, kappa, or delta opioid receptors.

1 comment:

  1. Wow. Very interesting. That 2.5 pounds in Miami was a real "pig in a poke."

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