Pyrovalerone is a psychoactive drug

Psychoactive drug

A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, or psychotropic is a chemical substance that crosses the blood–brain barrier and acts primarily upon the central nervous system where it affects brain function, resulting in changes in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition, and behavior...

 with stimulant

Stimulant

Stimulants are psychoactive drugs which induce temporary improvements in either mental or physical function or both. Examples of these kinds of effects may include enhanced alertness, wakefulness, and locomotion, among others...

 effect

Therapeutic effect

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s via acting

Drug action

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 as a norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor

Norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor

A norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor is a drug which acts as a reuptake inhibitor for the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine by blocking the action of the norepinephrine transporter and the dopamine transporter , respectively...

 (NDRI), and is used for the clinic

Clinic

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al treatment

Therapy

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 of chronic fatigue

Chronic fatigue syndrome

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 or lethargy and as an anorectic

Anorectic

An anorectic or anorexic , also known as anorexigenic or appetite suppressant, is a dietary supplement and/or drug which reduces appetite, food consumption, and as a result, causes weight loss to occur.-List of anorectics:Numerous pharmaceutical compounds are marketed as appetite suppressants.The...

 or appetite suppressant for weight loss

Weight loss

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 purposes. It was developed

Drug development

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 in the late 1960s and has since been used in France

France

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 and several other Europe

Europe

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an countries. Though pyrovalerone is still occasionally prescribed

Medical prescription

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, it is used infrequently due to problems with abuse

Drug abuse

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 and dependence. Pyrovalerone is a Schedule V controlled substance

Controlled substance

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 in the United States

United States

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 (U.S.), and is the only stimulant in that category.