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Medical Forum / General / Pharmacy / July 2005

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Adderall vs. Methamphetamines

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Angela S - 07 Jul 2005 22:45 GMT
I cannot find information on this anywhere. I've read that methamphetamines
destroy neural receptors and  eat wholes in the brain. I've seen brain scans
of patients addicted to meth and you can actually see the wholes. Here's my
question...
Adderall is an amphetimine, does it do the same thing? I've been diagnosed
with ADD but I'm afraid to start taking medication for if it has this or any
other similar affect. Has anyone heard anything like this before???
getsumonya - 07 Jul 2005 23:12 GMT
Its holes not wholes.

Brad

>I cannot find information on this anywhere. I've read that methamphetamines
> destroy neural receptors and  eat wholes in the brain. I've seen brain
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> any
> other similar affect. Has anyone heard anything like this before???
Dr. Wayne Simon - 08 Jul 2005 03:07 GMT
> Its holes not wholes.
>
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>Are these good to have holes, or bad to have holes?
MobiusDick - 08 Jul 2005 15:52 GMT
Anything that increases dopamine levels has the possibility of causing
oxidative cellular injury due to the primary metabolite of dopamine,
HOVAC or homovanillic acid, and both methamphetamine and amphetamine
cause dopamine release from synaptic vesicles and prevent its reuptake.
In smaller doses, like in Adderall, these drugs do not cause any real
problems because of the body's own antioxidant, glutathione. But in
larger doses, both appear to be neurotoxic.

As to whether this is reversible or not, there are not enough data to
say what happens after a year or two of stopping methamphetamine
because it is so hard to find someone who actually stopped using
completely when doing these types of brain imaging studies. I suspect
that it does come back over time, but this is mere conjecture.

MobiusDick
Matt Beckwith - 17 Jul 2005 13:07 GMT
> I've read that methamphetamines
> destroy neural receptors and  eat wholes in the brain. I've seen brain
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> any
> other similar affect. Has anyone heard anything like this before???

Presumably, the people whose brains had holes were taking a much higher dose
than people with ADD are prescribed.
 
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