Methamphetamine diet pills

Also on the market were anorectic diet pills including benzphetamine, diethylpropion, mazindol, and phendimetrazine. Another anorectic, methamphetamine, was sold under the trade name Desoxyn. It was also prescribed for the treatment of ADHD. 

Amphetamine stimulates the central nervous system, which suppresses the appetite. Most diet pills are sympathomimetics. They are similar to amphetamines, but are less powerful and have less potential for addiction. The sympathomimetics are benzphetamine, diethylpropion, mazindol, methamphetamine, phendimetrazine, phentermine, and sibutramine. 

The CSA classifies the methamphetamine Des-oxyn as a stimulant. Anorectic drugs, the diet pills developed to replace amphetamines, are regarded by the government as controlled substances. While these drugs are not as powerful as amphetamines, their effects are similar. 

Anorectic drugs, appetite suppressants, are also found in diet pills such as fenfluramine (or fen-phen), phenter-mine, diethylproprion, and mazindol. Perhaps the most hazardous ingredient commonly found in diet pills until a few years ago was ephedrine. Ephedrine is more commonly known as one of the precursor chemicals needed to manufacture methamphetamine. 

Methamphetamine, once considered a safe diet pill, but now known to be addictive and destructive to brain tissue. Dopamine, one of the neurotransmitters in the brain. Parkinson s disease is thought to result from a dopamine deficiency. 

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