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dextroamphetamine sulfate

dextroamphetamine sulfate

7.2
A strong medicine that helps people with ADHD pay attention and helps those with narcolepsy stay awake
  • noun
  • /ˌdɛkstroʊæmˈfɛtəmiːn ˈsʌlfeɪt/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sulfato de dextroanfetamina
  • The doctor prescribed dextroamphetamine sulfate to help manage her ADHD symptoms.

Examples

  • Doctors often prescribe dextroamphetamine sulfate for ADHD.

  • Some side effects of dextroamphetamine sulfate include insomnia and increased heart rate.

  • Patients should take dextroamphetamine sulfate exactly as directed by their physician.

  • Has anyone experienced side effects from dextroamphetamine sulfate?

  • The doctor prescribed dextroamphetamine sulfate to help manage her ADHD symptoms.

  • Patients should take dextroamphetamine sulfate exactly as directed by their physician.

  • Some side effects of dextroamphetamine sulfate include insomnia and increased heart rate.

Synonyms

Dexedrine
vsdextroamphetamine sulfate
  • Specialized
2 7.9

A medicine used to treat ADHD and extreme daytime sleepiness

is the chemical salt form rather than the marketed brand name
dextroamphetamine
vsdextroamphetamine sulfate
  • Specialized
1 8.5

A medicine that helps people pay attention and reduces extreme daytime sleepiness

is the chemically specific salt isomer form of the same stimulant
dexy
vsdextroamphetamine sulfate
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A small pill of a strong drug that makes you feel awake or more focused

is the formal chemical name rather than a casual tablet term

Surface Forms

dextroamphetamine sulfate singular
dextroamphetamine sulfates plural

Morphology

dextroamphetamine + sulfate

This is a straightforward chemical compound name built from two lexical constituents: 'dextroamphetamine' (the active drug/isomer) and 'sulfate' (the salt anion). A learner who knows both parts can transparently infer it denotes the sulfate salt form of dextroamphetamine (the medical stimulant), since such noun+noun salt formulations are compositional and cross-linguistically regular.

Etymology

Dextroamphetamine sulfate comes from its parts: dextro means the 'right-hand' form of the drug, amphetamine is a strong stimulant that wakes the brain, and sulfate is the salt form used in the medicine. So the name tells you this is the 'right-hand' version of amphetamine made as a medicine to help people pay attention and stay awake.