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3,4-Methylenedioxyamphetamine (MDA) is an empathogen-entactogen, stimulant, and psychedelic drug of the amphetamine family that is encountered mainly as a recreational drug. [3] In its pharmacology, MDA is a serotonin–norepinephrine–dopamine releasing agent (SNDRA).
The Medicines Control Agency (MCA) and the Medical Devices Agency (MDA) merged in 2003 to form MHRA. In April 2012, the GPRD was rebranded as the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). In April 2013, MHRA merged with the National Institute for Biological Standards and Control (NIBSC) and was rebranded, with the MHRA identity being used for ...
MDA (company), a Canadian space technology company; Magen David Adom, Israel's emergency medical, disaster, ambulance and blood bank service; Malaysia Design Archive, a non-profit private organization; Media Development Authority, in Singapore; Medical Devices Agency, now part of Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, in the UK
[118] [162] MDA is an entactogen, stimulant, and weak psychedelic similarly to MDMA. [18] Like MDMA, it acts as a potent and well-balanced SNDRA and as a weak serotonin 5-HT 2 receptor agonist. [155] [160] [161] However, MDA shows much more potent and efficacious serotonin 5-HT 2A, 5-HT 2B, and 5-HT 2C receptor agonism than MDMA.
In 1996, MDA and Lewis were jointly honored by the American Medical Association with a lifetime achievement awards for their contributions to the health and welfare of humanity. [ 16 ] Dr. Stanley Appel established Houston Methodist Hospital's amyotrophic lateral sclerosis clinic with MDA in 1982, which has evolved into the MDA ALS Research and ...
The administration of drugs to whole populations irrespective of disease status is referred to as mass drug administration (MDA) or mass dispensing. This article describes the administration of antimalarial drugs to whole populations, an intervention which has been used as a malaria -control measure for more than 70 years.
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Pronunciation follows convention outside the medical field, in which acronyms are generally pronounced as if they were a word (JAMA, SIDS), initialisms are generally pronounced as individual letters (DNA, SSRI), and abbreviations generally use the expansion (soln. = "solution", sup. = "superior").