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Desmethylprodine or 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-4-propionoxypiperidine (MPPP) is an opioid analgesic drug developed in the 1940s by researchers at Hoffmann-La Roche. It is not used in clinical practice but has been illegally manufactured for recreational drug use. Although it is an analog of Pethidine (Meperidine) the DEA has labeled it a Schedule I drug in the United States. As it is the reversed ester of pethidine it is listed as having 70% of the potency of morphine.
