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'''Fenethylline''' ([[British Approved Name|BAN]], [[United States Adopted Name|USAN]]) is a [[codrug]] of [[amphetamine]] and [[theophylline]] which behaves as a [[prodrug]] to both of the aforementioned drugs. It is also spelled '''phenethylline''' and '''fenetylline''' ([[International Nonproprietary Name|INN]]); other names for it are '''amphetaminoethyltheophylline''' and '''amfetyline'''. The drug was marketed for use as a [[psychostimulant]] under the brand names '''Captagon''', '''Biocapton''', and '''Fitton'''.<ref name="Buckingham1995">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x2Su3GKCvtsC&pg=PA3140|title=Dictionary of Organic Compounds|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=978-0-412-54090-5|pages=3140–}}</ref><ref name="IndexNominum2000">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5GpcTQD_L2oC&pg=PA431|title=Index Nominum 2000: International Drug Directory|date=January 2000|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-3-88763-075-1|pages=431–}}</ref>
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'''Fenethylline''' ([[British Approved Name|BAN]], [[United States Adopted Name|USAN]]) is a [[codrug]] of [[amphetamine]] and [[theophylline]] which behaves as a [[prodrug]] to both of the aforementioned drugs. It is also spelled '''phenethylline''' and '''fenetylline''' ([[International Nonproprietary Name|INN]]); other names for it are '''amphetaminoethyltheophylline''' and '''amfetyline'''. The drug was marketed for use as a [[psychostimulant]] under the brand names '''Captagon''', '''Biocapton''', and '''Fitton'''.<ref name="Buckingham1995">https://books.google.com/books?id=x2Su3GKCvtsC&pg=PA3140</ref><ref name="IndexNominum2000">https://books.google.com/books?id=5GpcTQD_L2oC&pg=PA431</ref>
  
 
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==Production==

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An amphetamine widely used by soldiers especially in the middle east.

Fenethylline (BAN, USAN) is a codrug of amphetamine and theophylline which behaves as a prodrug to both of the aforementioned drugs. It is also spelled phenethylline and fenetylline (INN); other names for it are amphetaminoethyltheophylline and amfetyline. The drug was marketed for use as a psychostimulant under the brand names Captagon, Biocapton, and Fitton.[1][2]

Production

Reportedly in Lebanon.[3]

Smuggling

A Saudi prince, Abdel Mohsen Bin Walid Bin Abdulaziz, was arrested in Syria with 2 tons of illegal drugs on board his private jet,[4] a record seizure in Beirut.[5]

Battlefield use

Yes, in the Middle East especially.[6] CBC termed it "the nightmare drug fuelling Syria's civil war".[7]


 

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References

  1. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=x2Su3GKCvtsC&pg=PA3140
  2. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=5GpcTQD_L2oC&pg=PA431
  3. ↑ https://globalinitiative.net/captagon/
  4. ↑ http://www.mintpressnews.com/saudi-prince-arrested-at-beirut-airport-with-2-tons-of-drugs/210651/
  5. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34700489
  6. ↑ https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-34700489
  7. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/day6/episode-340-amphetamines-in-syria-stanley-cup-bassist-noriega-s-pen-pal-subversive-board-games-and-more-1.4139584/meet-captagon-the-nightmare-drug-fuelling-syria-s-civil-war-1.4139601
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