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Amphetamines is not the same as meth.
Not the same, but according to wikipedia it is also sometimes used to treat ADHD
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methamphetamine
Its literally the first sentence of the "use" section.
Sorry i had no idea it was a thing in the US
The only reason I know this is, because one time I randomly read the wikipedia article about Meth. If it wouldn't be for this, I wouldn't have known this too.
No, but my Vyvanse does specifically say “Methamphetamine…” on the bottle sooo…
Of course the dose is different, and the context too, but still.
It should say lisdexamphetamine on it.
The Portion Makes The Poison
Almost as though there's some kind of merit to professionalization of pharmacology.
In theory you could take small doses of street meth.
It's still addictive, but I think much less so if it's taken orally. Would probably help the ADHD but also make you super euphoric, if i had to guess... Pretty bad idea overall though.
Methamphetamine is still prescribed for ADHD in extreme cases. "Street meth" is exactly the same but with more impurities (assuming it hasn't been cut with other drugs like fentanyl). It would be much worse for you because of all the harmful/carcinogenic impurities, but not any more addictive or euphoric (again, assuming it's not cut with opiates)
edit: This is assuming, like the other commenter mentioned, that you stick to taking it orally. As soon as you change the route of administration to bypass the liver on its first trip through the blood stream (meaning literally any other RoA), both the "rush" and addictive potential get much larger.
The other commenter? I'm the one who said take it orally...
As I said it's a terrible idea, but it would probably help ADHD symptoms.
It's not, but there is an FDA-approved drug with Desoxyn.
I don't think the poster got that specifically, from my understanding that prescription is very rare compared to say Adderall which is an amphetamine but as you correctly point out not methamphetamine; but it can't be ruled out that they actually got prescription meth.
I didn't know you had that in the US. Here in france the only allowed adhd medication is methylphenidate
I'm German, but I do know about this from some years ago when I read up on drugs a bit.