A drug that has a stimulant effect on the central nervous system that can be both physically and psychologically addictive when overused. Amphetamine has been much abused recreationally. The street term 'speed' refers to stimulant drugs such as amphetamine.

1938, contracted from alphamethyl-phenethylamine.

noun. A stimulus within the central nervous system, tightly correlated in terms of construction and functioning to ephedrine, which is the paradigm of the classification of drugs referred to as amphet [..]

Amphetamine use disorders are a category of substance use disorders and describes the dependence and/or addiction to amphetamines. Amphetamines are a class of psychoactive drugs that increase energy, [..]

A synthetic central nervous system stimulant related to adrenaline.

A molecule that resembles the structure of the catecholamine transmitters and enhances their activity.

(n) a central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression

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A powerful Central Nervous System stimulant and sympathomimetic. Amphetamine has multiple mechanisms of action including blocking uptake of Adrenergics and Dopamine, stimulation of release of monamine [..]

A powerful central nervous system stimulant and sympathomimetic. Amphetamine has multiple mechanisms of action including blocking uptake of adrenergics and dopamine, stimulation of release of monamine [..]

A class of drugs that stimulates the central nervous system and the cardiovascular system.

<drug> Drug of abuse that acts by increasing extraneuronal dopamine in midbrain. Thought to displace dopamine in synaptic vesicles, leading to increased synaptic levels. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (22 Feb 2008)

A compound (or its derivatives) that acts as a central nervous system stimulant. Used as a stimulant in depressed states, to reduce appetite, and in attention-deficit disorders, it can also alleviate [..]

(organic compound,proper) The racemic freebase of amphetamine, the chemical with an IUPAC name of "1-phenylpropan-2-amine"; equal parts of the levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine stereoisomers in [..]