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No, Concerta is not an amphetamine. It is however, a methylphenidate. It is a psychostimulant drug that has been approved for the treatment of ADHD in children and adults.
Most simply, they are two different drugs. Concerta is a sustained-release formulation of methylphenidate, and Adderall XR is an extended-release formulation of a mixture of amphetamine salts. It's like the difference between Ritalin and Adderall, which are the immediate-release forms. Both drugs are stimulants, usually prescribed for ADD/ADHD. Methylphenidate is said to not be as strong a stimulant as amphetamine, but is still controlled as tightly.
Concerta is a form of ritallin better known as methylphenidate. A standard drug test usually tests for amphetamine (speed) and methylphenidate allows for a false positive to be read.
Methylphenidate (Ritalin) can show false positives for amphetamine or methamphetamine (5 panel test) but Detection time in urine its 3-5 days
Ritalin is in a class of drugs called methylphenidate, which is not an amphetamine. If the drug test is a testing for amphetamines Ritalin will not be detected.
dexedrine, benzidrine, methamphetamine, adderall, amphetamine sulfate or any compound with the parent structure dl-alpha-methylphenylamine. Although Ritalin (methylphenidate) is used for the same diagnosis as amphetamine it is not in itself classed chemically with amphetamines because it does not have methylphenylamine as the parent compound.
Ritalin contains methylphenidate. This compound has a structure that is distinct from stimulants such as amphetamine and methamphetamine. Thus, Ritalin shows up only as methylphenidate, not other stimulants. This drug is not commonly tested for, though it is certainly possible to test for it.
ic amphetamine salts are generic for Adderall IR, which contains 4 different types of amphetamine salts, racemic amphetamine aspartate monohydrate, racemic amphetamine sulfate, dextroamphetamine saccharide, and dextroamphetamine sulfate. All of these are amphetamine salts. ic amphetamine salts contain dextroamphetamine as well racemic amphetamine mixtures, which contain equal parts levo- and dextro- amphetamine. So the difference is that ic amphetamine salts (Adderall IR) contains ~75% dextoamphetamine and ~25% levoamphetamine.
no, Metadate is methylphenidate and it won't show up as anything, Vyvanse is lisdexamfetamine, a prodrug of amphetamine, and will show up as such
no. while methylphenidate is a dopamine reuptake inhibitor like meth, it is not an amphetamine so it won't show up as anything.
Essentially speaking, "meth", adderall (and other ADD meds), and cocaine are all made up of the same stuff, called Amphetamines. The only difference is their mechanisms of action, which are not yet fully understood. The 'meth' in methamphetamines is an extra molecule which binds on to the amphetamines and makes them last longer in your body. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphetamines
UK Class B drugs Acetyldihydrocodeine, Amphetamine, Cannabis, Codeine, Dexamphetamine, Dihydrocodeine, Ethylmorphine, Methylamphetamine, Methylphenidate, Nicocodine, Norcodeine, Phenmetrazine and Pholcodine.