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amphetamine
amphetamine
amphetamine Drug that stimulates the central
nervous system. These drugs (also known as ‘pep pills’ or ‘speed’) can lead to drug abuse and dependence. They can induce a temporary sense of well-being, often followed by fatigue and depression. An example is the synthetic drug methamphetamine, a methyl derivative of amphetamine. See also
addiction
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Amphetamine use goes unchecked.(SPORTS)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 5/29/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...steroid users. But amphetamines still go unchecked...how widespread amphetamine use was before...called for a ban on amphetamines. "It's time...whispers about amphetamine use to bed once...with the 1967 amphetamine-related death...government moved amphetamines onto its controlled...
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Differentiation of Amphetamine/Methamphetamine and Other Cross-Immunoreactive Sympathomimetic Amines in Urine Samples by Serial Dilution Testing
Magazine article from: Clinical Chemistry; 4/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...screening for amphetamines has a variable...for detecting amphetamine abuse. The lack...samples containing amphetamines from samples containing...concentrations of amphetamine, methamphetamine...in the Emit II amphetamine/methamphetamine...screened positive for amphetamines were ...
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The relationship between amphetamine use, crime and psychiatric disorder among prisoners in New South Wales.
Magazine article from: Psychiatry, Psychology and Law; 11/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...period had been using amphetamines in the 12 month period...185, p = .014). Amphetamine users had more admissions...Amphetamine is the second most...1) The use of amphetamines, known to be associated...of a cohort of 231 amphetamine users. (3) Most...
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Amphetamines Drug-Test Positives Are Up Among Safety-Sensitive Workers in the First Half of 2005, According to Quest Diagnostics' Drug Testing Index(R).
PR Newswire; 12/1/2005; 700+ words
; ...proportion of drug- test positives for amphetamines increased among workers subject to...of positive drug tests attributed to amphetamines increased by approximately 13%, reaching...drug tests that look for the use of amphetamines among this group of workers. Between...
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Acute myocardial infarction associated with amphetamine use
Magazine article from: Mayo Clinic Proceedings; 3/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...associated with the use of amphetamines. Mayo Clin Proc...76:323-326 The amphetamines (amphetamine and methamphetamine...associated with use of amphetamines. REPORT OF A CASE...injecting 4 doses of amphetamine and methamphetamine...
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BASEBALL ADDS SOME MUSCLE AMPHETAMINE BAN AN ATTENTION-GETTER
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 11/16/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...player said, amphetamine use is far...league uses amphetamines in some way...weight to amphetamine use. Damon...steroids and amphetamines, saying...decision [at amphetamine users] . . . If amphetamines are banned...
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`Poor man's cocaine': in some countries, amphetamines are abused more than cocaine and heroin combined. Some fear they may be the major drug problem of the next century.
Newspaper article from: The Journal of Addiction and Mental Health; 3/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...knowledge about amphetamine-like stimulants...the risks of amphetamines were not initially...of prescription amphetamines. Other countries...legal sales of amphetamine-type stimulants...the UNDCP called Amphetamine-Type Stimulants...Review. Because amphetamines cost less than...
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Amphetamine and pseudoephedrine cross-tolerance measured by c-Fos protein expression in brains of chronically treated rats.(Research article)(Clinical report)
Magazine article from: BMC Neuroscience; 10/6/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...similar to that of the psychostimulant amphetamine and both are classified as sympathomimetic...have documented the cellular effects of amphetamine which include increased dopamine release...mechanisms that may trigger dependence. Amphetamine can induce the expression of c-Fos...
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The love of speed: An analysis of the enduring attraction of amphetamine sulphate for British youth
Magazine article from: Journal of Drug Issues; 1/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...supplied with amphetamine to delay fatigue...prescribing of amphetamines such as Drinamyl...combination of amphetamine and a barbiturate...culture, and the amphetamines that has persisted...control the use of amphetamine (Teff 1975...
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WA: Reducing ADHD amphetamines part of fight against drugs
Newspaper article from: AAP General News (Australia); 8/19/2007; 534 words
; ...cut reliance on amphetamines in treating Attention...substantial amount of amphetamine use by young people...highest rate of amphetamine usage overall...prescriptions of amphetamines for children diagnosed...tackle the illicit amphetamine scourge in WA...use and abuse of amphetamines ...
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Amphetamines and related disorders
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
...from inappropriate amphetamine and amphetamine-related drug usage. Description Several amphetamines are currently available...effects that combine amphetamine-like and hallucinogen...The structure of amphetamines differs significantly...
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Amphetamines
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Amphetamines Amphetamines are a group of nervous...stimulants that includes amphetamine (alpha-methylphenethylamine...drugs represented as amphetamines contained any amphetamine substance at all. The false amphetamines were in fact mixtures...
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Amphetamine
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
...1978, use of the amphetamines had declined substantially...that time. The major amphetamine of concern in the...methamphetamine) abuse. Amphetamines are now controlled...the United States. Amphetamine, methamphetamine...MEDICAL UTILITY Amphetamines are frequently prescribed...
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Amphetamine Epidemics
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol, and Addictive Behavior
AMPHETAMINE EPIDEMICS Amphetamine, Methamphetamine...Co-Caine, the amphetamines are addictive, and...public could obtain amphetamines, such as Benzedrine...thousands of Americans to amphetamine abuse, this type...
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amphetamine
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
amphetamine , any one of...stimulants . Amphetamines have stimulating...controversial. Amphetamine Abuse Popularly...or uppers, amphetamines are addictive...further use of amphetamines. Amphetamine addiction has...
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