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Dextroamphetamine

"Dextroamphetamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The d-form of AMPHETAMINE. It is a central nervous system stimulant and a sympathomimetic. It has also been used in the treatment of narcolepsy and of attention deficit disorders and hyperactivity in children. Dextroamphetamine has multiple mechanisms of action including blocking uptake of adrenergics and dopamine, stimulating release of monamines, and inhibiting monoamine oxidase. It is also a drug of abuse and a psychotomimetic.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Dextroamphetamine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Dextroamphetamine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 69 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 5 publications in 2006 and 2011
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