The amphetamine years: a study of the medical applications and extramedical consumption of psychostimulant drugs in the postwar united states, 1945-1980

The amphetamine years: a study of the medical applications and extramedical consumption of psychostimulant drugs in the postwar united states, 1945-1980

The Amphetamine Years is a history of psychostimulant drugs and their clinical applications in post-World War II American medicine. Comprising such well-known substances as the amphetamines (Benzedrine, Dexedrine), methylphenidate (Ritalin), and phenmetrazine (Preludin), this class of pharmaceutical...

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Main Author: Moon, Nathan William
Published: Georgia Institute of Technology 2010
Subjects:
Dexedrine
Benzedrine
Methedrine
Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Pharmaceuticals
Drugs
Drug abuse
Drug controls
Drug regulation
History of medicine
Ciba
Diet pills
Attention deficit disorder
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder
Hyperkinesis
Ritalin
Methylphenidate
Methamphetamine
Amphetamine
Amphetamines
Amphetamine abuse
Drugs United States 20th century
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31743

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