Ivory Wave, also known as Ivory Coast, Ivory Snow, Red Dove, Purple Wave and Vanilla Sky, is a name applied to a recreational drug reported to be used in the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States of America. The constituent chemicals of the drug have not been consistently identified.

History

In the UK it has been reported to cost £11 for 200 mg, £18 for 500 mg and £17,000 for 1 kg.

The substance is often described as bath salts

Bath salts

The term bath salts refers to a range of water-soluble, usually inorganic solid products designed to be added to a bath. They are said to improve cleaning, improve the experience of bathing, and serve as a vehicle for cosmetic agents...

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Pharmacology

Samples of the drug have been reported to contain the substituted cathinone

Substituted cathinone

Substituted cathinones, which include some stimulants and entactogens, are derivatives of cathinone. They feature a phenethylamine core with an alkyl group attached to the alpha carbon, and a ketone group attached to the beta carbon, along with additional substitutions...

 derivative MDPV

MDPV

Methylenedioxypyrovalerone is a psychoactive drug with stimulant properties which acts as a norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor . Reportedly, it has been sold since around 2004 as a designer drug. It is also known as MDPK, MTV, Magic, Maddie, Black Rob, Super Coke and PV...

 as well as the local anesthetic

Local anesthetic

A local anesthetic is a drug that causes reversible local anesthesia, generally for the aim of having local analgesic effect, that is, inducing absence of pain sensation, although other local senses are often affected as well...

 lignocaine. Additionally, Ivory Wave has also been speculated to contain WIN 35,428 and Pentylone

Pentylone

β-Keto-Methylbenzodioxolylpentanamine is a stimulant compound developed in the 1960s, which has been reported as a novel designer drug, identified in some samples of powders sold as "NRG-1", along with varying blends of other substituted cathinone derivatives including flephedrone, MDPBP, MDPV and...

, though the presence of these chemicals has yet to be demonstrated.

Adverse effects

The drug has been reported to cause adverse effects similar to those experienced with other amphetamine

Amphetamine

Amphetamine or amfetamine is a psychostimulant drug of the phenethylamine class which produces increased wakefulness and focus in association with decreased fatigue and appetite.Brand names of medications that contain, or metabolize into, amphetamine include Adderall, Dexedrine, Dextrostat,...

-like drugs, including heart and circulatory problems as well as agitation, hallucinations and fits. Hyperthermia, renal failure

Renal failure

Renal failure or kidney failure describes a medical condition in which the kidneys fail to adequately filter toxins and waste products from the blood...

, and alterations in blood pressure may also occur.