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Used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression
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amphetamine
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Amphetamine (contracted from ) is a potent central nervous system (CNS) stimulant that is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), narcolepsy , and obesity . Amphetamine was discovered in 1887 and exists as two enantiomers ...
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Any of the methods discussed will easily separate the structurally unrelated compounds nicotine and amphetamine from theophylline. 405. ▪ Being infatuated is a lot like taking amphetamines. ▪ He admitted unlawful possession of ...
Wiktionary
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n. 1 (context organic compound proper English) The racemic freebase of amphetamine, the chemical with an IUPAC name of "1-phenylpropan-2-amine"; equal parts of the levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine stereoisomers in their pure amine forms. 2 (context ...
WordNet
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n. a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression [syn: pep pill , upper , speed ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1938, contracted from alphamethyl-phenethylamine .
Usage examples of amphetamine.
Pakistan has been producing and testing, on an experimental basis, a wide range of odd drugs, both amphetamines and narcotics, in pill, liquid, and aerosol form.
Barbiturates Barbiturates are basically the opposite of amphetamines: that is, they act to depress the central nervous system.
Mixing barbiturates and amphetamines usually results in an insane, unpleasant experience, although there are some freaks who swear by it.
Thus the training routine amounts to amphetamines in the morning, steroids in the day, and barbiturates at night.
Barbital, secobarbital, pentobartital, diazepam, meprobamate, atropine, scopolamine, amphetamine, pipradol, cannabis, peyote, dimethyltryptamine, fopium, heroin, morphine, pethidine, piminodine, acetone, amyl nitrite or what?
Negative for amphetamines, antihistamines, phencyclidine, benzodiazepines.
Each bottle arrives with a piece of paper stating that the urine contains no detectable amounts of amphetamines, barbiturates, methadone, opiates, metabolized cocaine, benzodiazepine or THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
Smoked cocaine for the first time, smoked meth amphetamine for the first time, smoked PCP for the first time.
The overdosage of amphetamines wasted the body away, turned matter into energy.
Amphetamines are broken down chemically into three types: salts of racemic Amphetamines, dextroAmphetamines, and methAmphetamines, which only differ in potencies.
Collette Lucas murdered her husband, Geral dine charged, by dropping a generous handful of amphetamines into his highball, his fourth of the evening.
The amphetamines had long since worn off, and he ached in more places than his leg.
The amphetamines fuelled his paranoia and turned the whites of his eyes pink.
In every cell are men and women with wretched drug addictions: the crack head who robbed a Mini-Mart, the drunk who shot his neighbor during an argument, the auto thief who ate amphetamines for breakfast.
Two of the Sisters pop amphetamines, and one of my surgeons has a serious drug habit.