Amphetamine Drugs

Amphetamine designer drugs - an overview and epidemiology.

The methylenedioxy-derivatives of amphetamine and methamphetamine represent the largest group of designer drugs. The most frequently used compounds are 3,4-methylenedioxy-methamphetamine (MDMA-ecstasy) and 3,4-methylenedioxy-amphetamine (MDA), first synthesised in 1910 (MDA) and 1914 (MDMA), respectively, to be used as an appetite suppressant. At the end of the 1960s, non-medical (recreational)...

D.3 Amphetamines and Amphetamine-Like Drugs

This category of drugs principally includes amphetamine, methamphetamine and amphetamine-like drugs such as phenmetrazine and methyphenidate. Those who use these drugs non-medically tend to fall into three categories. First, those who use these drugs orally, on a rather regular basis, in small to moderate doses, without prescription or as a result of 'prescription shopping', and usually to elev...

Pharmacology and toxicology of amphetamine and related designer drugs.

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Toxicity of drug abuse--amphetamine designer drugs (ecstasy): mental effects and consequences of single dose use.

MDMA (3,4-methylendioxymethamphetamine) is the most commonly used substance within the 'ecstasy' group of drugs. MDMA interferes with serotonin and catecholamine transporters in the central nervous system to increase monoamine synaptic levels and thereby mediate the majority of its central nervous effects. These range from wanted effects like euphoria, central nervous stimulation, and feeling o...