Talk:Levomethamphetamine

message: Methamphetamine
These are the exact same structure. The 3d meth should be reversed on one of these.
I guess the question is, which one. Alphaquad 16:46, 21 January 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Statement

message: I don't know what the original editor meant by "mimicks," but I doubt it was that word. ←BenB4 03:17, 26 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I was the original editor of the article.  Levo-methamphetamine IS a sympathomimetic, which means it mimics the sympathetic nervous system, but "effects" could also be used.  It does not really make much of a difference I assume.  Thanks for cleaning up the article guys, as I put some effort into working on it and putting more detailed information (from a stub to an article.)  :D
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John Cho 11:00, 30 September 2007 (UTC)

text: According to a recent EMCDDA and Europol publication, the manufacturing of L-methamphetamine  into D-methamphetamine is happening. "llicit drug producers in Europe have introduced new methods to reconvert these discarded solutions back to a racemic 50:50 mixture of d- and l-methamphetamine, from which the d-methamphetamine can be separated using tartaric acid."  Muskimolen (talk) 12:03, 31 December 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious  

message: The material in the paragraph under the heading "recreational use" reads too much like advice from Alt.Drugs.Hard if you ask me.  I'd like to see some of the specific instructions and eager descriptions of the purported side effects to be tightened up.  As it reads now, it seems to be suggestions there are few, if any, negative effects for  tweakers looking for a cheap high who buy themselves a bunch of Vicks inhalers and then swallow the cotton.  My guess would be they'd have a nasty bout of nausea and vomiting.  I've used the inhalers as intended and I gotta tell ya, fresh out of the package, if you inhale more  than you should, you can give yourself  nosebleed.  I wouldn't think swallowing those cotton inserts dripping with fresh camphor, menthol, lavendar oil and methyl salicylate would be very nice to a person's tummy!
So, any thoughts on the subheading's name and contents?  I'm open to all views.LiPollis (talk) 22:38, 21 September 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: No. It has been established time and time again that "abuse" is POV and "Recreational use", "Non-medical use", etc. are much better terms as far as accuracy and neutrality goes. But, it looks like the section has ceased to exist anyway. Perhaps, if valid enough, it should be readded for the sake of Universal coverage.--Metalhead94 (talk) 18:05, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: But levomethamphetamine is not recreational. C6541 (T↔C) 19:19, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That may just be your POV. I have no doubt that any chemical with even mild stimulating properties would be used recreationally. As such, I believe the section should be revived, provided some refs are found.--Metalhead94 T C  13:27, 6 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Should we change the subheading "Recreational use" to "Potential for abuse"??

message: Hi my question is using a Vicks inhaler is it possible to show a bad urane test for amphetamines ?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.209.86.203 (talk) 18:38, 7 December 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Depending on the testing procedure used, the answer is... maybe.  I use this product and keep a copy of the ingredients in my personnel file in the event I am ever spot-tested and come up positive.  My human resources director at a previous company, who is an RN, told me that yes, some urine tests will show positive for Amphetamine if you have used the inhaler relatively recently before the test.  This is anecdotal, of course, and I'm still looking for some reputable source to quote in the article, but if I were a person using this OTC product, I'd look at the chemical structure and ask myself, gee, why did Vicks change the name of the active ingredient if there weren't some possible negative associations?  Vicks calls it "Levmetafetamine" which is just enough different to sound less scary, no?  My advice would be to Just  print out the ingredient page from Vicks and give that to your tester if you used it the day you test.LiPollis (talk) 17:46, 26 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Drug test 

message: The article currently lacks any sort of physical description of the chemical.  Is it a solid, liquid or gas?  Is it colorless, white, blue, green, whatever?  If it's a solid, is it a powder, crystal, or glassy, amorphous mass? This kind of basic stuff is usually present on a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS).—QuicksilverT @ 09:00, 4 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Physical description? 

message: I think that whoever used the study published in Nature about participants liking the drug was trying to be nice or neutral by calling the participants "experienced users" rather than the study's term, "abusers". I have no wish to condemn anyone, it is just that calling the participants "experienced users" is not accurate enough, in my opinion. My definition of "experienced users" would include people who need to take a drug on a regular basis for a chronic condition. These people have the potential to become abusers, but they should not be confused with abusers, for legal, moral and scientific reasons. People who need to take an addictive medication on a long-term basis can develop a tolerance, just like abusers, but as long as they take the medication appropriately, treating their condition rather than trying to get high, they are not drug abusers, even if their dosages and tolerances are high. In addition, as far as I know, there is no evidence that the results of such a study would be similar if the participants were legitimate, long-term users under the care of a physician rather than abusers. I believe that the person who made this contribution did not intend any of this confusion, and I welcome any future contributions that he or she might make (I did not check the article's history to track down the editor and determine gender). If you want to contact me for some reason, please leave a message on my personal talk page, rather than just posting a reply on this talk page. -- Kjkolb (talk) 03:15, 21 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Experienced users and abusers 

message: I think it is very confusing to refer to this as the "L-enantiomer" of methamphetamine. Uppercase L refers to the D/L system, not to the dextro/levo system. See Absolute configurationSbreheny (talk) 03:28, 14 February 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  L-enantiomer versus l-enantiomer