PSYC62H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Soltyrei, Sigmund Freud, Pharmacokinetics
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Psychostimulant drugs 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. Common psychostimulants include amphetamines, methylphenidate, cathinones, and cocaine. Amphetamines represent a class of drugs, among which include amphetamine and methamphetamine. Cathinones include many drugs, such as cathinones and pyrovalerone, as well as synthetic cathinones such as methcathinone and mephedrone. Some amphetamines have legitimate uses for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (adhd), narcolepsy, and obesity. Cocaine was once commonly used as a local anesthetic for nasal and tear duct surgery. U. s. drug enforcement administration (dea) assigns most psychostimulant drugs above schedule i. Canada, for example, assigns methamphetamine to schedule i, thereby preventing medicinal use of methamphetamine. Psychostimulants are well known as drugs of abuse. Psychostimulants: herbal products, prescription drugs, and substances of abuse.
