Valeria Violante-Soria

Amphetamine-type Stimulants: Novel Insights into their Actions and use Patterns.

Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion 2023 Miguel I Paz-Ramos, Silvia L. Cruz, Valeria Violante-Soria

This review focuses on the effects and mechanisms of action of amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS) and their adverse effects on the cardiovascular, nervous, and immune systems. ATS include amphetamine (AMPH), methamphetamine (METH, "crystalmeth," or "ice"), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA, "ecstasy," or "Molly"), MDMA derivatives (e.g., methylenedioxyamphetamine [MDA] and...