Current Psychotherapeutic Drugs
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: January 15, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780876308165
Subjects: Medicine: General Issues; Pharmacology; Psychiatry - General; Neuropsychopharmacology; Psychology; Health/Fitness; General; Psychology & Psychiatry / Psychotherapy
First sentence: This class consists of amphetamine sulfate (the racemic form of amphetamine); its dextro isomer, dextroamphetamine, which has more central nervous system (CNS) effect and less cardiovascular effect than does the racemic form and has largely replaced it; methamphetamine; methylphenidate, the most commonly prescribed member of this class; and pemoline, which works more slowly.