Posted by Ame Sans Vie on November 9, 2005, at 8:17:32
I'm just bored, reading various things online. Came across a pretty lengthy document put together by the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services' "Center For The Evaluation Of Risks To Human Reproduction":
http://www.drugintel.com/drugs/documents/Amphetamine_FR.pdf
The first paragraph on page 23 (well, page 14 of the PDF document itself, as indicated by the page numbers on the document; but I'm going by Acrobat's page numbering) states this:
"Amphetamine S-(+)(d-) enantiomers have five times the stimulant activity of R-(–)(l-) enantiomers (reviewed in (27))."
I don't have access to bibliographical references listed on the document, or else I'd check out number 27 myself.
I mean, I take Dexedrine 15mg Spansules (45mg daily) and Desoxyn (20mg total daily) myself, along with other things, and it's indisputable in my case that Dexedrine has shown itself to be far superior to Adderall in the long-run. And I'm not sure that I even dispute their claim of 500% the stimulatory action, seeing as Adderall is 75% dexamphetamine and my current doses of amphetamines work far better than Adderall ever did even when I was at 150mg/day. Desoxyn's about twice as potent as dex, and I'm saying that based solely on subjective experience, so I'm currently taking a rough equivalent of 85mg dex daily....... how is it that Adderall, at a dose nearly twice as high, didn't provide me with even half the benefit? I mean, I realize Desoxyn's pharmacology differs a bit, but even before I added Desoxyn to my regimen and I had just made the transition from 150mg Adderall to 60mg Dexedrine Spansule, I noticed a tremendous improvement in all areas of my life. Now, could this be due to my exclusive use of the Barr Labs generic for Adderall (which I've heard to be notoriously unreliable)? I have my doctor write "Brand Name Medically Necessary" on my prescription so Medicaid will pay for the real deal as far as the Dexedrine is concerned -- I've had disappointing and varying results with the generic in the past (also by Barr -- bottle read "D-AMPHETAMINE SULFATE ER").
Or could it be the use of different salt forms in Adderall... ? Inactive ingredients... ? Is this all in my head... ??? lol
As long as the stuff works, and it sure does, I really don't care what the government says -- I know how I respond to it, anyway. But I'm wondering what their sources were??
~Michael
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