PSYC 2800 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Monoamine Oxidase, Ephedrine, Sympathomimetic Drug
19 Dec 2016
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The chinese used a medicinal tea made from ma huang (ephedra: active ingredient = ephedrine. Ephedrine is a sympathomimetic drug: stimulates the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system. New synthesized chemical similar to ephedrine, called amphetamine, was patented in. Amphetamine was used medically: asthma (replaced ephedrine, narcolepsy, hyperactivity in kids, appetite suppressant, stimulant. Used by soldiers in wwii o fight fatigue: japan, germans. (cid:1005)96(cid:1004)"s (cid:894)hippies(cid:895: readily available in canada and abused by athletes, students, and truck drivers, amphetamine + heroin injection together = speedball, most street amphetamines came from prescriptions. Amphetamines became more tightly controlled: many look-alikes appeared, some users switched back to cocaine. Limited amphetamine availability increased the number of illicit laboratories making methamphetamine. Manufacture of methamphetamine is dangerous and associated with toxic fumes and residue. Controlled substances vi: precursors ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phosphorus, hcl, sulphuric acid, etc. Methamphetamine abuse began in the western united states and then spread east; it is also (cid:374)o(cid:449) (cid:272)o(cid:374)sidered a (cid:862)(cid:272)lu(cid:271) drug(cid:863)
