Posted by helpme on July 9, 2006, at 11:47:53
In reply to Re: adhd--sudafed: anyone use and is it racemic? » whitelab, posted by saturn on May 24, 2006, at 10:03:34
You should just try to get a proper script of something else- starting to sound like cooking meth or something--like asking for trouble. A lot of states keep sudafed behind the pharmacy counter now anyway, so its not all that easy to get as it used to be. In mine you need to show your Driver Liscence to buy it.
If you really want to know, a guy I knew in college drank a bottle of cherry flavour sudafed cough medicine to "trip', but he just got really ill and vomited all over the place all night. Wasn't properly stimulating in this case, and didn't help him study, either.
But you seem to know a lot about chemistry.
And why do you think sudafed is natural?By the way, my Atkins Nutrition book notes that the "L" is natural, "D" is manmade.
> > I don't know how well it functions as an ADD med--it does have a definite stimulant effect. I've used it many times to stay awake for a long drive, and you're right, it is better that coffee.
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> > But ephedrine/pseudoephedrine have a hydoxyl group adjacent to the business end of the molecule. This shift in electron density changes everything. I would think if it helped ADD, the word would be out and at least some MDs would be using it. I take 60 mg Adderall on most days--it's different from taking sudafed.
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> > The man-made versions of the drugs are racemic (dl-). The naturally occuring molecules are only one isomer for each.
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> Perhaps I'm mistaken, but I don't think sudafed or any of the stimulants are naturally occuring.
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> >>I can't remember which is d-and which is l-, check the Merck Index. Why are you interested in that bit of info?
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> I'm wondering if you couldn't separate out the active isomer and use it for adhd.
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