PSYC62H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Hiv, Active Metabolite, Sultanate Of Ifat
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Chapter 6: psychostimulants: psychostimulant drugs that increase psychomotor and sympathetic nervous system activity as well as improve alertness and positive mood. Psychostimulants are also referred to as sympathomimetics, because they increase sympathetic nervous system activity. Psychostimulants: herbal remedies, prescription drugs, and substance abuse. The first amphetamines were derived from ephedra, an extract of the plant ephera sinica: ephedra contains two psychoactive components: ephedrine and pseudoephedrine, many cold remedies contain these stimulants. Has different names starry nights, vanilla, sky, and white rush. In the 1920s physicians used amphetamine as a drug for raising blood pressure: german chemists developed amphetamine to develop a mass producible form of ephedra, a(cid:373)pheta(cid:373)i(cid:374)e"s sti(cid:373)ula(cid:374)t effe(cid:272)ts p(cid:396)o(cid:448)ided the fi(cid:396)st effe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e t(cid:396)eat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t for narcolepsy, a neurological. In 1937, it was used to treat adhd sleep disorder characterized by extreme fatigue an excessive daytime sleep: during world war ii, military used amphetamine to improve alertness and reduce fatigue.
