I read an about the damage meth does to you and how it takes way too long to recover from it. How is Ritalin different even tho chemically they are cousins?
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Lot of stuff to unpack here – 1) Amphetamine has two isomers – dextro d- and levo L- levo is mostly inactive except for nasal congestion and/was used in Vicks inhalers – Dexedrine is all Dextro (in the 60s and 70s commonly abused see Rolling Stones song “running for mother’s little helper”) – Methylphenidate (Ritalin) was developed to reduce abuse – it does but also can cause so issues and then all patents around it were gone – Adderall is a mix of salts – but in fact is barely different from Dexedrine and is a complete marketing BS – it is the the same thing as Oxycotin vs Percodan – just repackaged and the FDA bought the companies BS. Vyannase is a prodrug for Amphetamine and is also BS it comes on slower and lasts longer. Ritalin is what should be prescribed for ADHD unless there is some issue.
Methamphetamine has some additional qualities that make it slightly like MDMA or Cocaine and thus more abused than other Amphetamine compounds – in the 60s there was a drug Desoxyn that was Methamphetamine plus a small amount of Phenobarbital to reduce “jitters” – a drug abusers dream
Desoxyn and Oxycotin were formulated in pills that “could not be crushed to be abused” – by hand – a nice hammer could make short work of both.
All forms of Amphetamine and Opiates are readily abusable and any claim to the contrary is BS and a marketing ploy – and in the case of Ritalin a much safer drug is being ignored by Pharma marketing to sell addictive drugs
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