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Schedule 9 (S9) drugs and poisons are substances and preparations that, by law, may only be used for research purposes. The sale, distribution, use, and manufacture of such substances without a permit is strictly prohibited by law. Permits for research uses on humans must be approved by a recognised ethics committee on human research. Examples ...
Illicit diversion of pseudoephedrine in Australia has caused significant changes to the way the products are regulated. As of 2006 [update] , all products containing pseudoephedrine have been rescheduled as either "Pharmacist Only Medicines" (Schedule 3) or "Prescription Only Medicines" (Schedule 4), depending on the amount of pseudoephedrine ...
Obetrol, a pharmaceutical mixture of amphetamine and methamphetamine salts, was medically indicatedand marketed for treating obesity, as illustrated in this advertisement from 1970. Amphetamine was first synthesized in 1887 in Germany by Romanian chemist, Lazăr Edeleanu, who named the drug phenylisopropylamine.
Aaron Chown/PA Images via Getty; TORSTEN BLACKWOOD/AFP via Getty (Left) Queen Camilla arrives in Sydney, Australia on Oct. 18, 2024; (Right) Queen Elizabeth at Sydney Opera House on March 20, 2000
Monthly sales to a single purchaser not to exceed 9 g of pseudoephedrine base in regulated products; The law gives similar regulations to mail-order purchases, except the monthly sales limit is 7.5 g. As a pure herb or tea, má huáng, containing ephedrine, is still sold legally in the US. The law restricts/prohibits its being sold as a dietary ...
D-norpseudoephedrine, also known as cathine and (+)-norpseudoephedrine, is a psychoactive drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes which acts as a stimulant. Along with cathinone, it is found naturally in Catha edulis (khat), and contributes to its overall effects. [ 3 ] It has approximately 7-10% the potency of amphetamine.
The original formula for Actifed contained pseudoephedrine hydrochloride 60 mg as the nasal decongestant and triprolidine hydrochloride 2.5 mg as the antihistamine. . However, in response to widespread laws requiring products containing pseudoephedrine to be kept behind the pharmacy counter, Pfizer changed Actifed's U.S. formula in late 2006 to contain phenylephrine HCl 10 mg as the nasal ...
Ephedra was used 5000 years ago in China as a medicinal plant; its active ingredients are alkaloids ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, norephedrine (phenylpropanolamine) and norpseudoephedrine . Natives of Yemen and Ethiopia have a long tradition of chewing khat leaves to achieve a stimulating effect. The active substances of khat are cathinone and ...