Dextroamphetamine

All people are different when it comes to their experience with addiction and mental illness. Some begin to experience mental health issues during childhood or adolescence and experiment with drugs and alcohol soon after, developing both an addiction problem and a serious mental illness at the same time. Others may seek out drugs and alcohol in an attempt to “self-medicate” a mental health issue that develops in early adulthood or that develops out of an injury or trauma later in life. Still…

Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder In the 1990 's the disorders, Attention-Deficit Disorder, which shortened is A.D.D., and Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, also known as A.D.H.D., was officially combined into one disorder which is Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, which is also known as A.D/H.D. Although many people today still call the disorder A.D.D. and A.D.H.D. Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder mainly affects children and teens. It affects 3-5% of the children…

The existence of a medication that would provide individuals increased intelligence and performance without any long-term side effects and limited transient effects would seem to be a fantastic advancement in human medicine. Because the possibilities to use such a medication are endless, such a drug would raise issues regarding regulation. Questions such as: Who should have access to the drug? and When the drug can and should be used? will arise. This has the potential to be a very real issue…

but can also improve attention, focus, and impulsivity in a person with ADHD. Amphetamines are used as stimulants for ADHD. Some common brands names are: Adderall, Dexedrine, Dextrostat, and Vyvanse. These medications include amphetamine, dextroamphetamine or lisdexamfetamine. Several are available in extended release form. Another type of stimulant is Methamphetamine which is related to ephedrine and amphetamine, with CNS stimulant activity, which reduces appetite and can raise blood pressure…

HE HE HE ADHD Do you feel like you have the inability to remain focused, impulsive behavior, hyperactive, cannot follow instructions, depression, talk a lot, and just feel different than anyone else around you. Well if you answered yes to most of those, then you might have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). ADHD is a neurological disorder that can cause hyperactivity, impulsive behavior, and short attention span in children (‘’Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder ,ADHD, in…

As humanity continues to progress further as a species, knowledge of science and progress in the fields of medicine, psychiatry, and pharmacology will continuously impact the ability by which the pharmaceutical manufacturers can continue to provide sources of medicine. As global population will continue to rise yearly, more people in the future will require more medicine to provide for those who are medically prescribed. Though particular drugs are manufactured with certain psychoactive…

are short, medium, and long lasting medicines. Some of the short length meds are: Amphetamine (Adderall) and Methylphenidate (Ritalin). Medium length meds: Amphetamine sulfate (Evekeo) and Methylphenidate (Ritalin SR). Long lasting meds: Dextroamphetamine (Adderall XR) and Methylphenidate (Concerta, Daytrana, Metadate CD, Quillivant XR, Ritalin LA) (Stimulant, n.d.). There is also advantage of taking different time lengths of Psychostimulants. A short-term med gives you more of a choice…

The controversial topic of performance enhancing drugs are still in discussion today. Some believe that they’re good to use, while others believe they give an unfair advantage to the sport being played. A performance enhancing drug is any substance taken by athletes to improve performance. Typically, well-known athletes are the ones to use performance enhancing drugs. Performance enhancing drugs are used by multiple athletes of every sports across the world. Therefore, the athletes who use PEDs…

5-HTP (5-hydroxytriptan) 5-HTP comes from mainly the seeds of the West African shrub, griffonia simplicifolia. 5-HTP or 5-hydroxytriptan is a natural chemical that produces serotonin for the body. Essentially, the body makes tryptophan first and this turns into serotonin. Reduced levels of serotonin is responsible for our mood changes or psychological health and improves a person's moods. In other words, serotonin transmits signals between nerve cells which contribute to mental disorders.…

The standard army instruction was to take 20 milligrams of dextroamphetamine for 48 hours of combat readiness these instructions were rarely followed overdosing on speed is very dangerous it makes the body works overtime to pump blood to the heart. The already elevated heart rate and blood pressure skyrocket, potentially…