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Sure, in the same way that rubbing alcohol is basically vodka. I'm sure you didn't mean anything by it, but it's frustrating to hear this line over and over as someone who needs these prescriptions to function.
Have you ever tried meth? I feel like you’re demonizing meth. There is someone reading this who needs meth to function and you’re comparing their prescription to rubbing alcohol. Meth has higher user ratings on Drugs.com for treating ADHD than dextroamphetamine or Adderall etc have. If it weren’t for the side effect profile and potential for abuse, I reckon it would be the mainline treatment. I empathize and understa…
B. I've tried meth. It's nothing like Adderall and much, much more potent.
I just came back from Puerto Vallarta, and it's shocking how pharmacies advertise their drugs to tourists. I'm talking massive signs with every prescription med under the sun-- Adderall, Xanax, Retinol, you name it. All next to the HGH and testosterone posters featuring unreasonably muscular bodybuilders.
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This is the weirdest, worst take I've read today. Yes, meth can be sold by prescription in the US. Why you think that's relevant to a Mexican pharmacy selling meth as a completely different medication , and then having the audacity to call it "scare-mongering", is truly bizarro to me. I mean, fentanyl is commonly used as a prescription medication in the US. Would it be "scare mongering" if a journalist reported that…
You were in such a rush to castigate me that you didn't bother reading my reply to any other comment lol https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38729414
Isn't adderall basically prescription meth, anyway?
Sure, in the same way that rubbing alcohol is basically vodka. I'm sure you didn't mean anything by it, but it's frustrating to hear this line over and over as someone who needs these prescriptions to function.
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Have you ever tried meth? I feel like you’re demonizing meth. There is someone reading this who needs meth to function and you’re comparing their prescription to rubbing alcohol. Meth has higher user ratings on Drugs.com for treating ADHD than dextroamphetamine or Adderall etc have. If it weren’t for the side effect profile and potential for abuse, I reckon it would be the mainline treatment. I empathize and understa…
A. They aren't comparing it to rubbing alcohol. The analogy is that they are both alcohol so they are the same right? Obviously not. B. I've tried meth. It's nothing like Adderall and much, much more potent.
They are the same. The difference is just that the bottle sold as "rubbing alcohol" has been intentionally poisoned.
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I think it's relevant because to me the article isn't actually about Adderall vs meth, just using that as the framing for a story about why they think it's bad for anything pharma-related to happen out from under the watchful eye of a US-like medical-industrial-congressional complex. The author is preying upon readers' cultural understanding of meth (via the news media and shows like Breaking Bad) as something inhere…
I'm a biochemist and I completely disagree with your take. There are very few situations where prescribing methamphetamine is reasonable. It's a niche drug. Even XR formulations of Adderall are considered a blunt instrument compared to more recent alternatives. The issue is one of trust, integrity, and safety. Pharmacies should not operate like drug dealers.
I just came back from Puerto Vallarta, and it's shocking how pharmacies advertise their drugs to tourists. I'm talking massive signs with every prescription med under the sun-- Adderall, Xanax, Retinol, you name it. All next to the HGH and testosterone posters featuring unreasonably muscular bodybuilders.
I’ve been there and a number of other tourist traps in Mexico, none of it is even close to legit. I would trust a drug dealer on the street over a Mexican pharmacy.
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Sure, in the same way that rubbing alcohol is basically vodka. I'm sure you didn't mean anything by it, but it's frustrating to hear this line over and over as someone who needs these prescriptions to function.
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DEA has a set cap for amphetamine production and demand is higher than the cap.
However DEA was claiming a few months ago that manufacturers had not used their allotted cap, so naturally the DEA did not raise it.