Weight loss dextroamphetamine

The side effects of dextroamphetamine are comparable to other stimulants. Patients may experience insomnia, poor appetite, weight loss, and occasional nausea and diarrhea. Taking the medication just before meals helps to minimize the nausea and diarrhea. To avoid insomnia, dextroamphetamine should rarely be taken any later than 6 PM. 

The acute effects of psychomotor stimulant overdoses are related to their CNS stimulant properties and may include euphoria, dizziness, tremor, irritability, and insomnia. At higher doses, convulsions and coma may ensue. These drugs are cardiac stimulants and may cause headache, palpitation, cardiac arrhythmias, anginal pain, and either hypotension or hypertension. Dextroamphetamine produces somewhat less cardiac stimulation. Chronic intoxication, in addition to these symptoms, commonly results in weight loss and a psychotic reaction that is often diagnosed as schizophrenia. 

Dextroamphetamine also acts as an anoretic agent, suppressing appetite. Formulas popular in the 1970s, such as Obetrol, were marketed as weight loss drugs. 

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