Amphetamine-Related Disorders - History
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

America's first amphetamine epidemic 1929-1971: a quantitative and qualitative retrospective with implications for the present.

27 Apr 2008 Using historical research that draws on new primary sources, I review the causes and course of the first, mainly iatrogenic amphetamine epidemic in the United States from the 1940s through the 1960s. Retrospective epidemiology indicates that the ... Read more...

Clinical effects and management of methamphetamine abuse.

30 Jul 2006 Methamphetamine is a highly potent and addictive drug that is abused in the United States and around the world. The drug is inexpensive and easily manufactured from simple chemicals such as pseudoephedrine. These features, coupled with its long ... Read more...

Amphetamine-related disorders.

29 Sep 1998 This is a review paper in which the author looks at amphetamine, its origin, place in history, epidemiologic data, mechanism of action, detection methods, new approaches in withdrawal, its toxicity in laboratory animals, use, and clinically observed ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Amphetamine-Related Disorders - History'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Brain gain: the underground world of neuroenhancing drugs. 25 Apr 2009
• America's first amphetamine epidemic 1929-1971: a quantitative and qualitative retrospective with implications for the present. 27 Apr 2008
• One family's long road back. Interview by Nancy Shute. 15 Mar 2008
• Clinical effects and management of methamphetamine abuse. 30 Jul 2006
• Medicine's problem children: tobacco, alcohol, and amphetamines. 29 Nov 1999
• Amphetamine-related disorders. 29 Sep 1998

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Technical information about 'Amphetamine-Related Disorders'

Definition: Disorders related or resulting from use of amphetamines.

Descriptor UI: D019969

Alternative terms: Amphetamine-Related Disorders; Amphetamine Related Disorders; Disorder, Amphetamine-Related; Disorders, Amphetamine-Related; Amphetamine Addiction; Addiction, Amphetamine; Amphetamine Dependence; Dependence, Amphetamine; Amphetamine Abuse; Abuse, Amphetamine;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C21.739.225; F03.900.225;

History Note: 98