Molecules: You'd better learn to live with them.
« Cotinine (Now with nico-glycerol!) | Main | Chalcone (One of the easiest syntheses ever) »
Category: Drugs
Posted on: June 28, 2007 7:48 PM, by Molecule of the Day
Working on a bunch of paperwork tonight so just a quickie - Ritalin.
Methylphenidate/Ritalin is probably the best-known ADD drug. It's just another phenethylamine - the broad class of drugs which includes pseudoephedrine, amphetamine, and MDMA. Another phenethylamine that is used in the treatment of ADD is simple amphetamine, which is sold as Adderall.
Send this entry to:
Email this entry to a friend
View the Technorati Link Cosmos for this entry
TrackBack URL for this entry:
Comments
I love the apparent paradox of treating ADD/ADHD with a stimulant. You'd think it would make people explode with activity or something.
Posted by: Chris | July 6, 2007 9:24 PM