Psychological addiction amphetamines

Unfortunately, chronic amphetamine use can result in a psychological addiction, the belief that a person needs the drug in order to function. Psychological dependence can develop quickly, especially in people who already have clinical depression. 

Dextroamphetamines are a part of the amphetamine class of drugs, central nervous system (CNS) stimulants that are used in the treatment of certain brain-based disorders. Because of their long-lasting and potent stimulant effects, they are also highly physically and psychologically addictive and have a high rate of abuse. 

The antipsychotics do not produce a ciassic withdrawai syndrome of the type seen with barbiturates or opioids nor do they produce psychological dependency, as seen with psychostimuiants (e.g., cocaine, amphetamine). Addicts and patients both dislike these drugs and do not spontaneously increase their dose. Indeed, they are more likely to discontinue them without medical advice. 

Drug abuse This term usually applies to the misuse of addictive drugs, which include barbiturates and amphetamines, as well as the opiates, cocaine and heroin. These drugs create severe psychological and physiological problems. This leads to a variety of personal problems for the user. 

Even in the second edition of his book on the botany of psychedelics, the ethnobotanist William Emboden retained the title Narcotic Plants. These psychedelic plants and related compounds are quite the opposite of narcotics unlike opiates, they are basically stimulating, and they are non-addictive. (Psychedelics also differ from true stimulants they increase lucidity but not, as with amphetamine, at the expense of psychological warmth.)... 

During the early 1990s, reports of abuse of methylphenidate began to appear. Nonmedical use of the drug for its stimulant effects impelled the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to regulate the manufacture, distribution, and prescription of methylphenidate. Because methylphenidate is related to amphetamine, it can be addictive and result in physical and psychological dependence, see also Neurochemistry Neurotransmitters Pharmaceutical Chemistry. 

Amphetamines constitute a large group of sympathomimetic drugs. These substances stimulate the CNS. They were earlier used to control obesity and to resist sleep (nar-colepsis), and in the treatment of depression. Their clinical application, however, has decreased in recent years because of their adverse psychological effect. Amphetamines are strongly addictive compounds. Repeated use leads to dependence and the development of tolerance. 

Mild cases of alkaloid poisoning can produce psychological rffects that resemble peacefulness, euphoria, or hallucinations. People seddng these effects often become addicted to alkaloids. Alkaloid addiction often ends in death current estimates are over 400,000 deaths in the United States per year, including both natural alkaloids like nicotine and cocaine, and synthetic alkaloids like amphetamine. 

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