What is the medical term meaning amphetamines?

Answer 1

Adderall is mixed amphetamine salts. Desoxyn is prescription methamphetamine. Vyvanse is one of the amphetamine salts that is also found in Adderall. These medications are used for ADHD primarily but can also be used for weight loss and narcolepsy.

Answer 2

Prescription amphetamines have been used for short periods of time in weight-control programs to suppress appetite and to treat narcolepsy. They were used as vasoconstrictors in inhalant therapy to shrink nasal mucous membranes in such conditions as nasal Allergies and Asthma; now such inhalants have been banned because of their toxicity. For unknown reasons, amphetamines have a paradoxically calming effect on some hyperactive children, but the use of these drugs to treat such children has been controversial.