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Methylhexanamine (also known as methylhexamine, 1,3-dimethylamylamine, 1,3-DMAA, dimethylamylamine, and DMAA; trade names Forthane and Geranamine) is an indirect sympathomimetic drug invented and developed by Eli Lilly and Company and marketed as an inhaled nasal decongestant from 1948 until it was voluntarily withdrawn from the market in the 1980s.
The Beers Criteria for Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use in Older Adults, commonly called the Beers List, [1] are guidelines published by the American Geriatrics Society (AGS) for healthcare professionals to help improve the safety of prescribing medications for adults 65 years and older in all except palliative settings.
1,4-Dimethylamylamine (1,4-DMAA), also known as 1,4-dimethylpentylamine or as 5-methylhexan-2-amine, is a stimulant drug of the alkylamine family related to methylhexanamine (1,3-DMAA; geranamine). [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is naturally present in geranium plants and has also been found in certain other plants.
This list is not limited to drugs that were ever approved by the FDA. Some of them (lumiracoxib, rimonabant, tolrestat, ximelagatran and ximelidine, for example) were approved to be marketed in Europe but had not yet been approved for marketing in the US, when side effects became clear and their developers pulled them from the market.
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses of clinical research using low doses of certain central nervous system stimulants found that these drugs may enhance cognition in healthy people. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In particular, the classes of stimulants that demonstrate possible cognition-enhancing effects in humans have evidence in vitro as direct ...
Older adults are also more likely to be on several medications, including sleep medications and other drugs, which may be dangerous when taken in combination with alcohol.
A federal lawsuit seeks to prevent new admissions to a Pierce County facility for people with developmental disabilities. ‘Dangerous place to live’: Why state-run home for vulnerable adults is ...
DMAA may refer to Methylhexanamine , also known as 1,3-dimethylamylamine, a dietary supplement DMAA: The Care Continuum Alliance , a United States health industry trade association