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  2. Amphetamine type stimulant - Wikipedia

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    Ephedrine is the precursor of synthetic amphetamines. The diastereomer of ephedrine, pseudoephedrine is found in Ephedra sinica together along with ephedrine. Ephedrine and pseudoephedrine are both generally used for weight reduction and performance enhancement. They can also be reduced to methamphetamine. [2]

  3. Pseudoephedrine - Wikipedia

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    A 2007 Cochrane review assessed the side effects of short-term use of pseudoephedrine at recommended doses as a nasal decongestant. [21] It found that pseudoephedrine had a small risk of insomnia and this was the only side effect that occurred at rates significantly different from placebo. [21]

  4. EMA's safety committee recommends label update for certain ...

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    (Reuters) - The European Medicines Agency's (EMA) safety committee on Friday recommended changes to product information for all medicines that contain the ingredient pseudoephedrine to address ...

  5. NCAA banned substances - Wikipedia

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    Side effects with anabolic agents are very serious and are not to be ignored. Side effects include: acne, blood clots, aggressiveness, hallucinations, mania, stomach pain, headaches, dizziness, high blood pressure, testicular or scrotal pain, premature male baldness, hear attack, stroke, and liver or kidney failure.

  6. Convention on Psychotropic Substances - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol can cause dependence and central nervous depression resulting in disturbances of thinking and behavior, furthermore alcohol causes similar effects as barbiturates, alcohol causes very serious "public health and social problems" in many countries, and also alcohol has minimal use in modern medicine. Nevertheless, according to the Commentary:

  7. Stimulant - Wikipedia

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    Stimulants such as epinephrine, [41] theophylline and salbutamol [42] orally have been used to treat asthma, but inhaled adrenergic drugs are now preferred due to less systemic side effects. Pseudoephedrine is used to relieve nasal or sinus congestion caused by the common cold, sinusitis, hay fever and other respiratory allergies; it is also ...

  8. Ephedra (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    A wide variety of alkaloid and non-alkaloid compounds have been identified in various species of ephedra.Of the six ephedrine-type ingredients found in ephedra (at concentrations of 0.02-3.4%), the most common are ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, [12] which are the sources of its stimulant and thermogenic effects. [3]

  9. Poison Control Centers Are Seeing A Wave Of 'Ozempic ...

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    Here's what to know—including side effects and what to do, according to a doctor. ... But it's not all positive: Last year, poison control centers reported an increase in people taking too much ...