The National Institute on Drug Abuse defines designer drugs as drugs “manufactured to chemically resemble illicit drugs but can often be purchased legally because manufacturers continually modify their chemical structures in order to circumvent drug laws.” Their specific examples include bath salts and spice, a synthetic cannabinoid.1
Of the hundreds of drugs that meet this definition, many are psychoactive compounds, but only a handful classify as a benzodiazepine. Online designer benzodiazepines began with diclazepam, flubromazepam, and pyrazolam, and most recently expanded to include clonazolam, deschloroetizolam, nifoxipam, meclonazepam, and notably, flubromazolam.2 Flubromazepam, pyrazolam, and flubromazolam are structurally similar and classified as narcotic substances in Sweden.
Given the lack of high quality trials and well-documented evidence, researchers from Karlstad University in Sweden conducted a “thematic analysis of anonymous self-reports.” Because patient-reported accounts have proven to be 'surprisingly valuable' in light of scant evidence, the researchers utilized internet drug discussion forums to collect relevant raw data.3
The analysis of patterns in these data revealed five themes3:
As these are online, individual, self-reported experiences with a non-standardized designer drug, the accuracy of both the reports and the chemical integrity of what was ingested cannot be confirmed.
References
https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/latest-science/science-behind-designer-drugs
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