Amphetamines: This group of drugs comes in many forms, from prescription medications likemethylphenidateanddextroamphetamineand amphetamine to illegally manufactured drugs like methamphetamine ("crystal meth"). Overdose of any of these substances can result inseizuresand death. Anabolic steroids: A group of...
Prescription of central stimulants was defined as being prescribed methylphenidate, lisdexamphetamine, or dexamphetamine. Statistical analyses Stata/SE 17.0 (StataCorp, TX, USA) was used for descriptive and regression model analyses, and Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Corporation, Washington, USA) was used...
Amphetamines: This group of drugs comes in many forms, from prescription medications likemethylphenidateanddextroamphetamineand amphetamine to illegally manufactured drugs like methamphetamine ("crystal meth"). Overdose of any of these substances can result inseizuresand death. Anabolic steroids: A group of...
Panic attacks may be symptoms of ananxietydisorder. Historically, panic has been described in ancient civilizations, as with the reaction of the subjects of Ramses II to his death in 1213 BC in Egypt, and in Greek mythology as the reaction that people had to see Pan, the half man, half ...
women twice as often as men. The most common age at which people have their first panic attack(onset) is between 15 and 19 years of age. Panic attacks are significantly different from other types ofanxiety, in that panic attacks are very sudden and often unexpected, appear to be unprovoked...
preferred route of administration, pharmacokinetic profile of the antipsychotic and the medications currently being taken by the patient. Intramuscular preparations are usually preferred over oral medication when the patients are not co-operative and require drugs with a faster onset of action and good ...
Khat is an amphetamine like psychostimulant chewed by over 10 million people globally. Khat use is thought to increase the risk of psychosis among its chewers. The evidence around this however remains inconclusive stemming from the scanty number of studies in this area and small study sample sizes...
and cornstarch have also been used. Other illicit drugs, such as heroin, codeine, amphetamine, phencyclidine (PCP), LSD, and hashish, can be mixed in as well. Some consumers may unknowingly purchase a supply without any cocaine but just a cocaine substitute such as caffeine, amphetamine, PCP...
As a central nervous system stimulant, Ritalin can cause nervousness, agitation and anxiety, all of which are already symptoms of ADHD. (4) The amphetamine, Adderall, is one of the most prescribed medications today and is known to be highly addictive. On top of the ones listed above, other...
psychomotor effects of the drug [101]. Similarly, isradipine had no effect on ethanol’s acute effects on poor psychomotor performance [102], and failed to antagonize ethanol intoxication [103]. However, nimodipine has been found to be effective for the treatment of ethanol’s withdrawal symptoms...