Stimulant
Overarching term that covers many drugs including those that increase activity of the central nervous system and the body, drugs that are pleasurable and invigorating, or drugs that have sympathomimetic effects.
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Modafinil
Modafinil, sold under the brand name Provigil among others, is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant medication used to treat sleepiness due to narcolepsy, shift work sleep disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea.
Paranoia
Instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality.
Instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality.
Drug-induced paranoia, associated with cannabis, amphetamines, methamphetamine and similar stimulants has much in common with schizophrenic paranoia; the relationship has been under investigation since 2012.
Drug
Any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed.
Any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed.
These drugs are divided into different groups like: stimulants, depressants, antidepressants, anxiolytics, antipsychotics, and hallucinogens.
Lisdexamfetamine
Lisdexamfetamine, sold under the brand name Vyvanse among others, is a stimulant medication that is mainly used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in people over the age of five as well as moderate-to-severe binge eating disorder in adults.
MDMA
Psychoactive drug primarily used for recreational purposes.
Psychoactive drug primarily used for recreational purposes.
It belongs to the substituted amphetamine classes of drugs and has stimulant and hallucinogenic effects.
Sympathomimetic drug
Sympathomimetic drugs (also known as adrenergic drugs and adrenergic amines) are stimulant compounds which mimic the effects of endogenous agonists of the sympathetic nervous system.
Sympathomimetic drugs (also known as adrenergic drugs and adrenergic amines) are stimulant compounds which mimic the effects of endogenous agonists of the sympathetic nervous system.
Thus, all sympathomimetic amines fall into the larger group of stimulants (see psychoactive drug chart).
Mydriasis
Dilation of the pupil, usually having a non-physiological cause, or sometimes a physiological pupillary response.
Dilation of the pupil, usually having a non-physiological cause, or sometimes a physiological pupillary response.
Stimulants (typically monoaminergics) such as amphetamines, cocaine, MDMA, and mephedrone.
Anorectic
Drug which reduces appetite, resulting in lower food consumption, leading to weight loss.
Drug which reduces appetite, resulting in lower food consumption, leading to weight loss.
Drugs of this class are frequently stimulants of the phenethylamine family, related to amphetamine.
Pseudoephedrine
Sympathomimetic drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes.
Sympathomimetic drug of the phenethylamine and amphetamine chemical classes.
It may be used as a nasal/sinus decongestant, as a stimulant, or as a wakefulness-promoting agent in higher doses.
Substituted amphetamine
Substituted amphetamines are a class of compounds based upon the amphetamine structure; it includes all derivative compounds which are formed by replacing, or substituting, one or more hydrogen atoms in the amphetamine core structure with substituents.
Substituted amphetamines are a class of compounds based upon the amphetamine structure; it includes all derivative compounds which are formed by replacing, or substituting, one or more hydrogen atoms in the amphetamine core structure with substituents.
The compounds in this class span a variety of pharmacological subclasses, including stimulants, empathogens, and hallucinogens, among others.