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To avoid toxicity and risk of side effects, FDA guidelines recommend an initial dose of methamphetamine at doses 5–10 mg/day for ADHD in adults and children over six years of age, and may be increased at weekly intervals of 5 mg, up to 25 mg/day, until optimum clinical response is found; the usual effective dose is around 20–25 mg/day.
It is also known as speed, crystal meth or simply meth. [3] It is abused by many homeless people in Athens, and causes dangerous side effects such as insomnia, delusions, heart attacks, and violent tendencies, due to being a highly impure and adulterated drug. [2] [4] Routes of administration include smoking, snorting, and intravenous injection ...
While a single dose has a rapid effect, maximum effect can take up to five days of use. [7] [12] After long-term use, in people with normal liver function, effects last 8 to 36 hours. [7] [9] Methadone is usually taken by mouth and rarely by injection into a muscle or vein. [7] Side effects are similar to those of other opioids. [7]
Its effects in humans are reputedly similar to those of PMA, but slightly more empathogenic in nature. [ medical citation needed ] It has a reduced tendency to produce severe hyperthermia at low dosages, [ 9 ] [ 10 ] but at higher dosages side effects and risk of death become similar to those of PMA.
More than a month after the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department announced the "unexpected passing" of a deputy, medical examiner records now show he died from the effects of methamphetamine.
She appeared at the 68th session of the United States Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., in 2000 with President Clinton and others to discuss social and law enforcement dangers of the drug nationally, especially in medium-sized and rural communities in order to deal with "the rapidly emerging issue of meth in America ...
Jonathan Stewart died from the effects of methamphetamine April 27, according to a report from the County of Los Angeles Medical Examiner. The report labeled his death an accident. The report ...
A 2019 double-blind study administered both MDA and MDMA to healthy volunteers. The study found that MDA shared many properties with MDMA including entactogenic and stimulant effects, but generally lasted longer and produced greater increases in psychedelic-like effects like complex imagery, synesthesia, and spiritual experiences. [2]