Ethylone, it was not my choice to get this. It was alright maybe but for what I wanted (a recreational substance) it was not very. I got slight stimulation and increased interest, dilated pupils which did not correlate at all with the level of intoxication I was feeling.
Ethylone
Well-documented
Well-documented
Multiple authoritative sources agree on dosing and effects.
- 5 corroborating sources
- 1 ROA with full dose ladder
- duration data present
- 18 combo interactions documented
- toxicity data (PsychonautWiki)
- classified Research-chemical
Well-documented
Multiple authoritative sources agree on dosing and effects.
- 5 corroborating sources
- 1 ROA with full dose ladder
- duration data present
- 18 combo interactions documented
- toxicity data (PsychonautWiki)
- classified Research-chemical
Aliases: Mdec, Bk-mdea, 3,4-mdec
Summary
3,4-methylenedioxy-N-ethylcathinone (also known as Ethylone, MDEC and ฮฒk-MDEA) is a synthetic entactogen and stimulant of the cathinone class. It is the ฮฒ-keto analog of MDEA ("Eve"). As a designer drug, ethylone is commonly sold on the street along with other cathinones like butylone or 3-MMC as a substitute or counterfeit for MDMA and/or methylone due to methylone's declining availability on the research chemicals market.
Dose Information
| ROA | Light | Common | Strong | Heavy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | 75-150mg | 150-225mg | 225-325mg | 325mg+ |
Light
Common
Strong
Heavy
Onset, Duration & After-effects
| ROA | Onset | Peak | Offset | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oral | 15-45 min | 60-90 min | 1-2 hrs | 2-4 hrs |
Effect Profile
13 reportsScores (1–10) curated from multiple sources:
- Effect keyword matching from PsychonautWiki catalog
- Weighted by importance: core (×3), major (×2), minor (×1)
Empathogen
4.4
Moderate
4/10
Moderate euphoria with mild stimulation and sensory enhancement, low empathy
Empathy / Social Openness
×3
3
empathy and sociability enhancement
Euphoria / Mood Elevation
×2
6
physical euphoria
cognitive euphoria
Stimulation
×1
5
stimulation
teeth grinding
increased heart rate
Sensory Enhancement
×1
5
tactile enhancement
increased libido
Stimulant
4.6
Moderate+
5/10
Strong anxiety/jitters with moderate euphoria and focus, low stimulation
Stimulation / Energy
×3
3
stimulation
Euphoria / Mood Lift
×2
7
physical euphoria
cognitive euphoria
motivation enhancement
Focus / Productivity
×2
6
analysis enhancement
thought acceleration
motivation enhancement
Anxiety / Jitters
×1
8
anxiety
teeth grinding
increased heart rate
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Tolerance
Build-up
develops rapidly, often within a single session; compulsive redosing common
Reset
a few days for acute tolerance
Tolerance Decay
Full tolerance
1h
Half tolerance
7d
Baseline
~14d
Acute tolerance: develops within a single session โ the reset numbers above apply after sustained heavy use, not after one binge. Within-session tachyphylaxis usually resets largely overnight.
Effects
Aggregated from 13 Erowid experience reports
Positive Effects 5
Stimulation
69.2%
70%
Euphoria
69.2%
70%
Music Enhancement
53.8%
70%
Empathy
46.2%
70%
Tactile Enhancement
30.8%
70%
Adverse Effects 3
Anxiety
30.8%
70%
Muscle Tension
30.8%
70%
Headache
23.1%
70%
Combinations
Cross-Check Ethylone with another substanceCommunity Trip Reports
Anecdotal first-person accounts from Reddit, Erowid, and Bluelight. Click a source to expand. Reports are harm-reduction context, not medical guidance. Tags summarise each author's own verdict — how reports are classified.
Erowid 8 reports 1 positive 4 neutral 3 cautionary visit
This was my first experience with ethylone. I have not used any other MDxx drugs before. I was visiting my friend, T, for a night of smoking weed and watching football with a few other friends. Shortly before midnight, T suggested that we do some ethylone, also known as bk-MDEA.
Dose: t+0.00 100mg ethylone t+2.45 60mg t+3.45 25mg t+4.45 25mg t+6.00 40mg ketamine After two chance encounters with empathogenic substances this past summer, 1 80mg MDMA experience and another unidentified substance/mix, I was amazed and exalted at the human condition when I'm tripping on my own major endogenous psyc...
Iยm a freshman in college with a pretty decent amount of experience with psychedelics and expanding experience with empatheogens. I did 6-APB around 3 weeks ago, 4-FA about a week and a half before that, and Adderall a week before that so there might be some slight tolerance.
Here are a few notes, as well as after-the-fact commentary on my experience with ethylone last night: T+0:00 ย Ingested 200mg ethylone at about 11:32. This dosage was chosen based on a first-hand report from a trusted source.
I took some of, what I thought was MDMA, at a party, being quite merry at the moment I made the decision to add some excitement to the evening. The substance was sold as MDMA and looked as two large lumps of brownish crystal.
Saturday, 8:00PM T+00:00 80mg of BK-MDEA (ethylone) down the hatch, gel cap, light meal two hours before. only water since. T+00:08 get the methylone belch, similar taste T+00:27 the belch again, first alert, feeling 'light' T+00:38 rushing, antsy, walk from room to room.
Better Than Others Say / Good High Bad Comedown About 7 of the ten reports I've found on this stuff says it was a big disappointment, no euphoria, only slight head high, and not worth it at all. And the other three said that it was only decent, nowhere close to Molly.
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