Methiopropamine (MPA) is a structural analog to methamphetamine and is categorized as a novel psychoactive substance that needs to be controlled. MPA appeared in 2011 and is an analog of methamphetamine, sold as, for example, "Slush Eric" and "Blow." It is reported to have effects similar to those of methamphetamine, but the toxicity in humans is not known. Three fatal cases involving MPA have been reported. MPA functions as a selective norepinephrine-dopamine reuptake inhibitor and displays negligible activity as a serotonin reuptake inhibitor. Experiments on rodents allowed to suggest that repeated injection of MPA provoked certain neuronal changes involving specific, likely D2, dopamine receptor-mediated pathways that contribute to the expression of MPA-induced locomotor sensitization.