Posted by dbc on August 10, 2008, at 11:29:18
In reply to Re: So concluding......, posted by rjlockhart '05 on August 10, 2008, at 11:11:40
> From what i've read. Cocaine is not nuertoxic? And Amphetamine is?....well i knew that. Methamphetamine destroys dopmaine whatever you call them, nuerons.
>Thats a favorite little excerpt from a study that the DEA/agencies affiliated with the war on drugs like to use. What they fail to mention is that the meth users in the study only used IV methamphetamine. Yes the speed of the onset of injected methamphetamine potentially burns out dopamine receptors.
This does not mean oral methamphetamine does. Infact the only difference between methamphetamine and amphetamine is the methyl moleculte that causes more amphetamine to pass through the blood brain barrier.Also bare in mind that illicit methamphetamine users use massive doses at once timw (quarter grams/half grams or more). Comparing this to the average 5mg - 10mg therapeutic oral dose of d-amphetamine (dexedrine) is ridiculous.
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