Amphetamine is a drug also known as amphetamine, powder, spid, gunpowder, feta, hundred, vitamin A. How does amphetamine work? What are the side effects of taking amphetamines? And how do you know if your child is taking amphetamines?
Amphetamineisa psychostimulantthat causes long-term stimulation. Amphetamine does not cause physical dependence or it is very weak (it can manifest as shortness of breath and slight dizziness on withdrawal), but it causes - like any stimulant - psychological dependence.
Amphetamine: appearance
Amphetamine and its derivative, methamphetamine, is an odorless powder with a bitter-tart taste. Its color can range from white to brick red. Amphetamine and methamphetamine from illegal laboratories is often a yellowish powder with an egg odor due to the fact that it is unpurified. Both amphetamine and methamphetamine can also come in the form of white tablets and clear crystals that can be smoked. If you find tablets, capsules, needles, syringes, small plastic bags containing white powder or crystals in a house of unknown origin, you may suspect that it is amphetamines.
Amphetamine: action
The first effects of amphetamine may appear as early as 3 to 5 minutes after ingestion through the nasal mucosa. If amphetamine is taken orally, it takes about 20 minutes for effects to appear. Amphetamine can also be injected intravenously and smoked - it starts working after 5-15 seconds. The effects of amphetamines last on average about 2-3 hours, although of course a lot depends on the dose taken.
What does amphetamine do?
- increases psychomotor performance
- improves concentration, facilitates remembering and concentration
- increases the sense of self-confidence, satisfaction, and relinquishes anxiety
- increases aggression, nervousness, irritability
- can cause formation, i.e. the feeling of insects walking on the skin
- causes insomnia
- with long-term use: significant weight loss
Symptoms of amphetamines
- strong psychomotor agitation, euphoria
- anorexia
- dilated pupils
- increasedpressure, rapid breathing
- increased urine output
Amphetamine descent
When the body begins to excrete amphetamines, the following appear: internal anxiety, drowsiness, headaches, suicidal thoughts, decreased muscle tone, increased appetite.
Amphetamine: dangerous side effects
- auditory and visual hallucinations (similar to schizophrenia)
- reduced potential
- strong arousal and loss of self-control
- extreme exhaustion of the body, after which a person may fall asleep for up to 48 hours after taking amphetamines for several days.
Amphetamine: overdose
An overdose of amphetamine causes chest pain, can lead to cardiovascular collapse, and damage to the cerebral vessels, which can lead to a stroke. The most common cause of death from an amphetamine overdose is paralysis of the respiratory muscles - suffocation or cardiac arrest due to arrhythmias or heart attacks. The most common complications are microcarcinomas. A small proportion of people commit suicide as a result of amphetamine psychosis.
Amphetamine in medicine
Amphetamine was used by German and Allied troops during World War II. Formerly, it was used in medicine, as an agent used by obese people to lose weight, and by athletes as doping. Under a different name - benzedrine, it was used in medicine about 80 years ago for the treatment of bronchial asthma.