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Amphetamines is not the same as meth.
No, but my Vyvanse does specifically say “Methamphetamine…” on the bottle sooo…
Of course the dose is different, and the context too, but still.
It should say lisdexamphetamine on it.
While I distinctly remember reading what I thought was there, looking back at one of the bottles you are right. Still have that incredibly strong memory of the other thing, though.
The Portion Makes The Poison
Almost as though there's some kind of merit to professionalization of pharmacology.
Also in some cases the patient makes the poison. As does the situation.
In theory you could take small doses of street meth.
It's still addictive, but I think much less so if it's taken orally. Would probably help the ADHD but also make you super euphoric, if i had to guess... Pretty bad idea overall though.
Methamphetamine is still prescribed for ADHD in extreme cases. "Street meth" is exactly the same but with more impurities (assuming it hasn't been cut with other drugs like fentanyl). It would be much worse for you because of all the harmful/carcinogenic impurities, but not any more addictive or euphoric (again, assuming it's not cut with opiates)
edit: This is assuming, like the other commenter mentioned, that you stick to taking it orally. As soon as you change the route of administration to bypass the liver on its first trip through the blood stream (meaning literally any other RoA), both the "rush" and addictive potential get much larger.
The other commenter? I'm the one who said take it orally...
As I said it's a terrible idea, but it would probably help ADHD symptoms.
Sorry, I edited my comment on mobile so I couldn't see your comment directly and I wasn't sure if it was you or the person above you that said that.
No, but my Vyvanse does specifically say “Methamphetamine…” on the bottle sooo…
It most certainly does not.
If it says "methamphetamine" you should get a new pharmacist, because it's an amphetamine, but not every amphetamine is methamphetamine.
Just like "root beer" says "beer" on the can, but it's not the same as Guinness.
Not the same, but according to wikipedia it is also sometimes used to treat ADHD
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine
Its literally the first sentence of the "use" section.
Sorry i had no idea it was a thing in the US
The only reason I know this is, because one time I randomly read the wikipedia article about Meth. If it wouldn't be for this, I wouldn't have known this too.
yo me too
It's basically the last resort adhd medication. It's because the way we classify medication means that potential for pharmaceutical benefit (as recognized by the federal government) is a factor in whether a drug has legal uses.
This results in the fun scenario where heroin (general analgesic and other opiate traits), cocaine (topical analgesic), and meth (adhd and narcolepsy treatment) are all more legal on a federal level than cannabis, lsd, and psilocybin.
It's not, but there is an FDA-approved drug with Desoxyn.
I don't think the poster got that specifically, from my understanding that prescription is very rare compared to say Adderall which is an amphetamine but as you correctly point out not methamphetamine; but it can't be ruled out that they actually got prescription meth.
I didn't know you had that in the US. Here in france the only allowed adhd medication is methylphenidate
I'm German, but I do know about this from some years ago when I read up on drugs a bit.