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2. Stimulant psychosis - Wikipedia

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   Stimulant psychosis is a mental disorder characterized by psychotic symptoms such as hallucinations, paranoid ideation, delusions, disorganized thinking, and grossly disorganized behaviour. It typically occurs following an overdose or several day binge on psychostimulants , [ 1 ] although it can occur in the course of stimulant therapy ...

3. Methamphetamine - Wikipedia

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   Methamphetamine may decrease the effects of sedatives and depressants and increase the effects of antidepressants and other stimulants as well. [26] Methamphetamine may counteract the effects of antihypertensives and antipsychotics owing to its effects on the cardiovascular system and cognition respectively. [ 26 ]

4. As overdose rates rise, FDA calls for new medications to help ...

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   In 2021, about 1.6 million people ages 12 and up in the U.S. had a methamphetamine use disorder and 1.4 million had a cocaine use disorder, according to data from the Substance Abuse and Mental ...

5. Substance-induced psychosis - Wikipedia

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   It is a state in which a person's mental capacity to recognize reality, communicate, and relate to others is impaired, thus interfering with the capacity to deal with life's demands. [3] While there are many types of psychosis, the cause of substance-induced psychosis can be pinpointed to intake of specific chemicals.

6. Psychoactive drug - Wikipedia

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   However, this reliance on alcohol can have negative consequences for physical and mental health. [34] The first documented case of a soldier overdosing on methamphetamine during combat, was the Finnish corporal Aimo Koivunen, a soldier who fought in the Winter War and the Continuation War. [35] [36]

7. Stimulant - Wikipedia

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   Methamphetamine (contracted from N-methyl-alpha-methylphenethylamine) is a potent psychostimulant of the phenethylamine and amphetamine classes that is used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and obesity. [138] [139] [140] Methamphetamine exists as two enantiomers, dextrorotary and levorotary.