Being an amphetamine doesn’t mean a drug is “basically meth”.
Would you say DXM is basically Ketamine because both are dissociative drugs?
Being an amphetamine doesn’t mean a drug is “basically meth”.
Would you say DXM is basically Ketamine because both are dissociative drugs?
impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 6 hours ago
Dxm and ketamine have similar effects on similar neurotransmitters, but not identical. Amphetamine and methamphetamine have identical effects on the same receptors, one just stick around longer.
Analogy: dxm is taking a bus down the street, ketamine is taking truck down the street. Amphetamine is driving your car going 70, meth is driving your car going 85.
StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
They don’t have identical effects, otherwise one wouldn’t work better for an individual than others.
impairedimperator@lemmy.zip 5 hours ago
Correct. Much like there is a difference between driving 70 and 85.
Some people, going 70 just doesn’t cut it.
StabbingSky@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
No. They each have different effects on the brain. Stimulants work on several different mechanisms of action, and how much they affect the various mechanisms varies by drug.