A drug that temporarily quickens some vital process.
1It has been postulated that sensitization to psychomotor stimulant drug effects influences sensitivity to drug reward.
2Background: Caffeine is widely used as a stimulant drug throughout the world, and fatal arrhythmia is a known side-effect.
3Adults with hypertension, heart disease, or glaucoma should not take stimulant drugs.
4Stimulant drugs have been illicitly consumed for non-medical purposes for centuries.
5With respect to stimulant drugs, amphetamine and cocaine may be considered prototypic stimulants with high abuse liability.
6Heart Hazards and Hallucinations with Stimulant Drugs
7Extended use of stimulant drugs has been shown to actually cause shrinkage of parts of the brain!
8Stimulant drugs prescribed under the guise of antidepressants or appetite suppressants are the next most commonly abused prescription drugs.
9These children are currently taking one of a class of stimulant drugs that includes Ritalin, Adder-all, Concerta, Dexedrine, and Metadate.
10Narcotism, the craving for narcotic or stimulant drugs, and its subvariety, alcoholism, has been found most often among the thymocentrics.
11One of the other researchers on the study has received funding from pharmaceutical companies, including those that make stimulant drugs for ADHD.
12Clonidine, a drug sometimes given to help children sleep when coming off of stimulant drugs for ADHD, can interact negatively with stimulants.
13Volkow said the study may explain how such stimulant drugs work in people with ADHD -by amplifying dopamine in the brain.
Translations for stimulant drug