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Vyvanse isn't meth. It's lisdexamphetamine, and it's significantly less neurotoxic than meth (yes, even at equivalent dosages). Methamphetamine is rarely prescr
by sudosysgen 4y ago
Vyvanse isn't meth. It's lisdexamphetamine, and it's significantly less neurotoxic than meth (yes, even at equivalent dosages). Methamphetamine is rarely prescribed for ADHD, but even when it is (Desoxyn), it's chemically different to meth you'd find on the street, because it's only the d-enantiomer, and thus has much less off-target effects outside of the CNS. Sometimes steet meth is also only the dextro form, but that's far from assured.
In any case, the idea that vyvanse shows that meth can easily be taken with small negative effects is wrong, because Vyvanse isn't meth, and meth is very rarely prescribed because it's worse for your health than other amphetamines, and even when it is prescribed it's typically far safer than steet meth.
- Tenoke 4y agoSorry I meant Desoxyn. > it's chemically different to meth you'd find on the street Well yeah, but the MDMA on the street isn't really pure MDMA either.
- sudosysgen 4y agoYeah, but Desoxyn is a last resort for a very good reason, and it most often has pretty serious negative effects. Just not as serious as severe unmedicated ADHD.
- Tenoke 4y agoThe reason seems to be stigma as far as I can tell. The negative effects don't seem to be worse than Adderall/Dexedrine and the positive effects are usually a bit better. https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/know-your-amphetamines https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/know-your-amphetamines
- sudosysgen 4y agoNot quite. Differences in action have been found : https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2631950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4497800/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4497800/, and there is reason to believe this could cause higher toxicity.
- spiralx 4y agoMethamphetamine is neurotoxic, lis-/dex-amphetamine and methylphenidate are not.