Posted by utopizen on August 18, 2003, at 8:23:32
In reply to Re: Desoxyn - when was it FDA-approved?, posted by Ame Sans Vie on August 15, 2003, at 12:07:52
> Thanks for the info -- I was able to find that methamphetamine itself became Schedule II under the CSA on July 7, 1971. However, I'm still wondering about the brand name drug Desoxyn -- when was *it* put before the FDA and ultimately approved for use in the U.S.?
>As a D'ox user since last fall, let me go into this.
Desoxyn was awarded its patent on December 31, 1943. It was approved for "hyperkinetic disorder" (ADHD) and exogenous obesity. This may have been indicated in the early 60's, or at the time it was approved in 1944 as it entered the market.
It *certainly* is approved for ADHD, as it has been for decades. There is no question that this is perhaps the only FDA indication it has that doctors are comfortable about prescribing it for today.
This bunk about Desoxyn being difficult to receive is nonsense. Doctors who prescribe other amphetamines are prescribing an equally abusable medicine, so no one who is not given Desoxyn is being denied it for abuse potential if they're given a different Schedule II while under the care of a rational doctor.
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