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They prescribe methamphetamine in the US as Desoxyn for ADD (albeit rarely).
by def8cefe 8y ago
They prescribe methamphetamine in the US as Desoxyn for ADD (albeit rarely).
- lesss365 8y agoNo, they don't. Methamphetamine and amphetamines are quite different. Methamphetamine is neurotoxic and crosses the blood brain barrier at twice the rate that amphetamines do. Equating the two is misleading, wrong, and will create stigma
- 4sak3n 8y agohttps://www.drugs.com/pro/desoxyn.html https://www.drugs.com/pro/desoxyn.html Methamphetamine hydrochloride IS methamphetamine. I don't know how that can be stated more clearly. Edit: in addition they are very much the same. They cross the b/b barrier at different speeds (add mentioned) and are metabolized at different rates due to the additional methyl group but otherwise their pharmacological actions are very much the same. The differences in effects are almost entirely covered by the 2 potentially mentioned rates differences. To argue otherwise is to ascribe produced sociological effects which we create by now we treat the drugs to their inherent pharmacology which is just plain wrong.
- trevyn 8y agoNote that absorption and metabolization rates can affect the safety profile; for example, this is why acetaminophen is generally safe at lower doses, but quickly becomes hepatotoxic at higher doses, because different metabolic pathways come into play: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol_poisoning#Pathophysiology https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol_poisoning#Pathop...
- _qbxp 8y agoMethamphetamine is a prescription drug in US, brand name Desoxyn.
- meko 8y agoMethamphetamine by itself isn't neurotoxic, but the additives it is commonly cut with usually are.
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- DaiPlusPlus 8y agoPreface: my psychiatrist prescribes me amphetamines and methylphenidate at my discretion. I asked him if he would ever prescribe me Desoxyn and he said he would never do that. I asked him if he would prescribe it to be if I was diagnosed with a terminal illness - he said he’d consider it. Food for thought.