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  2. Amphetamine type stimulant - Wikipedia

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    Amphetamine type stimulants can be used in the treatment of narcolepsy, a rare neurological disorder where the brain is unable to regulate the sleep-wake mechanism. [17] Amphetamines causes an increase in dopamine release, which is the proposed mechanism for its wake-promoting effect. [18]

  3. Methamphetamine - Wikipedia

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    [25] [144] When taken orally, 30–54% of the dose is excreted in urine as methamphetamine and 10–23% as amphetamine. [144] Following IV doses, about 45% is excreted as methamphetamine and 7% as amphetamine. [144] The elimination half-life of methamphetamine varies with a range of 5–30 hours, but it is on average 9 to 12 hours in most studies.

  4. Amphetamine dependence - Wikipedia

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    Treatment for amphetamines is growing at extremely high rates around the world. [15] Psychostimulants that increase dopamine and mimic the effects of substituted amphetamines, but with lower abuse liability, could theoretically be used as replacement therapy in amphetamine dependence. [8]

  5. History and culture of substituted amphetamines - Wikipedia

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    Crystal methamphetamine and salts of amphetamine are sometimes powdered and insufflated by recreational users, which results in a fairly rapid uptake of the drug through the nasal epithelium; with regular use, amphetamine or methamphetamine insufflation slowly damages and eventually destroys the nasal septum due to their causticity and ...

  6. Amphetamine - Wikipedia

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    The adverse side effects of amphetamine are many and varied, and the amount of amphetamine used is the primary factor in determining the likelihood and severity of adverse effects. [29] [41] Amphetamine products such as Adderall, Dexedrine, and their generic equivalents are currently approved by the U.S. FDA for long-term therapeutic use.

  7. 3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine - Wikipedia

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    MDA is a substituted methylenedioxylated phenethylamine and amphetamine derivative. In relation to other phenethylamines and amphetamines, it is the 3,4-methylenedioxy, α-methyl derivative of β-phenylethylamine, the 3,4-methylenedioxy derivative of amphetamine, and the N-desmethyl derivative of MDMA.

  8. Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adderall ...

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    As the United States struggles amid an Adderall shortage, pharmacies in Mexico sell fake ADHD meds by the bottle Some Mexican pharmacies are selling full bottles of Adderall. But it's actually meth.

  9. Stimulant psychosis - Wikipedia

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    Drugs in the class of amphetamines, or substituted amphetamines, are known to induce "amphetamine psychosis" typically when chronically abused or used in high doses. [7] In an Australian study of 309 active methamphetamine users, 18% had experienced a clinical level psychosis in the past year. [8]