Amphetamine use in America's workforce

Re:Amphetamine use in America's workforce by ta_339393 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @03:29PM (#11817417)

Actually Adderall is not racemic, since that would mean a 50/50 mix of the dextrorotatory and levorotatory enantiomers. Adderall is 75% dextroamphetamine and 25% levoamphetamine in four different salts.

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Re:Amphetamine use in America's workforce by yarou on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @03:33PM (#11817444)

I could have sworn there is a formulation of 1:1 (50/50 dextro/levo), but I could be mistaken.

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Re:Amphetamine use in America's workforce by ta_339393 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @03:51PM (#11817577)

There is, it's called Evekeo.

In the past (up until the 60s or 70s I believe), there was also a racemic mixture available on the market as well.

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Re:Amphetamine use in America's workforce by xorcist on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @04:25PM (#11817839)

You made me Google it! I bet you did it on purpose!

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Re:Amphetamine use in America's workforce by viewer5 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @03:56PM (#11817616)

What's the purpose of including both? Does each one serve a different purpose in the medication?

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Re:Amphetamine use in America's workforce by ta_339393 on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @04:25PM (#11817837)

Levoamphetamine is more active on the PNS, while not that active on the CNS, which causes more side effects but some people swear by it as being the best medicine. It made me feel anxious while pure dextroamphetmine did not.

However these days I take methamphetamine which feels more subtle and has even less side effects.

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