Amphetamine Addiction WisdomCard™
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Research Notes on Amphetamine Addiction
Amphetamines can cause addiction in users that manifests with symptoms that are both psychological and physical.1 Long-term use of amphetamines can cause a mental disorder called amphetamine psychosis, which causes hallucinations, delusions, and paranoia.2 Amphetamines are medications that doctors prescribe to treat conditions such as ADHD, narcolepsy, chronic fatigue syndrome, and treatment-resistant depression.3
Fast Facts:
- Symptoms of amphetamine psychosis usually disappear a few weeks after this medication is discontinued.2
- Amphetamines are often sold and taken illegally.1
- The risk of an amphetamine addiction is increased when the user has depression, bipolar disorder, antisocial personality disorder, or a family history of drug abuse.1
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Research Notes References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 University of Michigan Health Systems: Amphetamine Dependence
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Vaults of Erowid: Amphetamine Addiction and Withdrawal
- ↑ Wikipedia: Amphetamine
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Last update: Oct. 14, 2009
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- Contributor: Jacky Gamble
- Reviewer: Nicole Kinsey
- Supervised by: The OrganizedWisdom Physician Review Team
- Redirects: Addiction to Amphetamine, Dependency, Dependency to Amphetamine, Amphetamine Psychosis, Amphetamine Abuse
- Last update: Jul. 23, 2009
Each WisdomCard is handcrafted by our team of physician-guided health advocates. Our goal is to make it easy for you to find the most useful health resources for any health topic by filtering out spam and bad links.
