Amphetamine Drugs 101

Amphetamines are a class of stimulant drugs. Learn why healthcare providers prescribe them and how they can help you.

List of Amphetamine Drugs Amphetamines are a collective group of drugs that include amphetamines and amphetamine derivatives such as dextroamphetamine, levoamphetamine, and methamphetamine. Amphetamines speed up the brain and are highly addictive central nervous system stimulants. The most common types of amphetamines are those legally prescribed to treat attention deficit disorder ADD ...

Amphetamine, prototype of a series of synthetic drugs that have pronounced stimulatory actions on the central nervous system. Amphetamine itself is a colorless liquid with an acrid taste and a faint odor; the most widely used preparation of the drug is amphetamine sulfate, marketed under the name Benzedrine.

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Amphetamines are drugs. They can be legal or illegal. They are legal when they are prescribed by a health care provider and used to treat health problems such as obesity, narcolepsy, or attention deficit

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Adderall, one of the primary drugs to treat ADHD, has been in the news lately because of a shortage. But there are a number of different ADHD drugs that contain amphetamine – the active ingredient in ...

— Abuse of methamphetamine or other amphetamine-type drugs (meth/amphetamine) significantly increases the risk of developing Parkinson's disease (PD), new research suggests. In a new ...

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Toronto, Ontario (CTV Network) — Stimulant drugs including cocaine, MDMA and multiple types of amphetamines contributed to roughly half of all accidental overdose deaths in Canada from 2020 to 2021, ...

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Amphetamine is a stimulant and is used to trat narcolepsy and attention deficit disorder. Includes amphetamine side effects, interactions and indications.

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