Drilldown: Medicines

Dexmethylphenidate (1) · Nutmeg (1) · Sildenafil (1)

''Myristica fragrans''. Mace (the fruit aril) (1) · Focalin, Focalin XR (1) · Viagra, Revatio (1)

CNS stimulant (1) · Empathogenica (1) · NDRI (1) · PDE5 Inhibitor (1) · Plant Med (1) · Psychostimulant (1)

Active oils are myristicin, elemicin, and safrole, phenethylamine precursors that may be aminated in vivo to MMDA, TMA, and MDA respectively (Shulgin's 'essential amphetamines' hypothesis). (1) · Norepinephrine–dopamine reuptake inhibition (DAT, NET), d-threo enantiomer of methylphenidate (1) · Selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5), preventing cGMP breakdown in vascular smooth muscle. In the corpus cavernosum, potentiates the NO/cGMP cascade triggered by sexual stimulation. (1)

'"`UNIQ--vote-00000006-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00000150-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000151-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00000705-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000706-QINU`"' (1)

None (1) · 0.5–1 oz (10–30 g) ground for psychoactive effect; far smaller for culinary use (1) · 50 mg ~1 h before sexual activity (ED); 20 mg TID (PAH) (1)

None (1) · 25, 50, 100 mg tabs (Viagra); 20 mg tabs and 10 mg/mL oral suspension (Revatio) (1) · Ground dried seed (nutmeg) or fruit aril (mace); occasionally infused (1)

None (2) · 100 mg/d (ED); 20 mg TID (PAH) (1)

IV (Revatio) (1) · Oral (3)

None · Hours · 30-60 minutes · 1-2 hours · ~30 min · LDL lowering at 2 weeks, max by 4 weeks · ~1 hour · 15-30 minutes · 15–30 min · 1–2 h · 30–60 min · Antidepressant effect emerges over 1-2 weeks · BP and symptomatic LUTS improvement within 1-2 weeks · BP effect within 1-2 weeks · Clinical improvement within 24-72 hours · Days · Motor improvement over days at therapeutic dose · Over weeks · Postprandial glucose effect within days; HbA1c by 12 weeks · Sleep effect from first dose; antidepressant effect over 1-4 weeks

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12–24 h or longer (1) · IR 4–6 h; XR 8–12 h (1) · ~4 h (1)

None (1) · 2.2 h (IR parent); ~3 h (XR parent) (1) · ~4 h (1)

None (1) · ~22–25% (1) · ~40% (1)

None (1) · Category B (1) · Category C (1)

None (1) · Rx-only in US (1) · Schedule II (1)