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AMPHETAMINE [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

Synthetic amines which act with a pronounced stimulant effect on the central nervous system.

OBS

speed: A common "street" name for amphetamines (primarily methedrine) and, sometimes, certain other stimulant drugs.

OBS

Abuse of this drug and its salts may lead to dependence.

PHR

Amphetamine-type stimulant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Amine sympathomimétique administrée par voie buccale ou parentérale, dont l'action s'exerce principalement sur le système nerveux central.

OBS

L'amphétamine peut donner lieu au développement d'une toxicomanie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
DEF

Cualquier droga del grupo de medicamentos psicotrópicos que estimulan el sistema nervioso central, y que incluye a la anfetamina racémica y sus sales, la dextroanfetamina y la metanfetamina.

PHR

Estimulante con anfetaminas.

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