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List of contents
1. Amphetamines and Related Stimulants: Some Introductory Remarks 2. Detection and Identification and Amphetamine and Related Stimulants 3. The Metabolism of Amphetamines and Related Stimulants in Animals 4. Pharmacokinetics of Amphetamines: In Vivo and In Vitro Studies of Factors Governing Their Elimination 5. Neuropharmacology of Amphetamines and Related Stimulants 6. Acute and Chronic Effects of Amphetamine on Cerebral Energy Metabolism and Cyclic Nucleotides 7. Behavioral Effects of Amphetamines and Related Stimulants: the Importance of Species Differences as Demonstrated by a study in the Marmoset 8. Experimental Studies of Amphetamine Self-Administration by Animals 9. Tolerance to the Amphetamines: an Examination of Possible Mechanisms 10. Clinical Psychopharmacology of Amphetamine and Related Compounds 11. The Amphetamine Psychosis 12. Psychosocial Aspects of Amphetamine and Related Substance Abuse 13. The Effects of a Voluntary Ban on Amphetamine Prescribing by Doctors on Abuse Patterns – Experience in the United Kingdom
About the author
John Caldwell, Ph.D., is Senior Lecturer in Biochemical Pharmacology in the Department of Biochemical and Experimental Pharmacology, St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London.
S. Joseph Mule, Ph.D. F.A.I.C., is Director of the New York State Division of Substance Abuse Services Testing and Research Laboratory, Brooklyn, N.Y.
Summary
First published in 1980: The current texts represent the state-of-the-art on the use and abuse of amphetamines and related stimulants, from chemical, pharmacological, clinical, and social aspects.
