Take your Pills

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Take Your Pills

Take Your Pills is an hour-long American documentary from 2018, directed by Alison Klayman and produced by Motto Pictures and Netflix Studios. The documentary explores the positives and negatives of taking psychostimulant medications, such as Adderall—the main focus of the documentary. The film is a series of interviews with college students and working adults who are prescribed stimulants for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), along with parents who touch on the difficulties raising children with ADHD and interviews with professionals commenting on the use of stimulants.


Those interviewed include former player for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars Eben Britton, and neuroscientist Anjan Chatterjee. The film’s executive producers were Maria Shriver and Christina Schwarzenegger; its world premiere was at the SXSW film festival in 2018.[1]
Contents

1 Plot
1.1 Cast and synopsis
1.2 Health professionals
2 Reception
3 References
4 External links

Plot

The documentary begins by introducing the interviewees, giving some background and how they are associated with Adderall or stimulant medications. The film interviews people from different backgrounds and phases in life, from college students and children, to former NFL players, to psychologists. While the health professionals discuss the history of stimulant use and their opinions, other interviewees speak of their personal experience with the medications. There are also some family members that speak of noticeable changes caused by the medications.

 

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Adderall​

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This article is about a common mixture of amphetamine salts. For general information about the drug and its racemate, see Amphetamine.
Amphetamine/dextroamphetamine
salt mixture

Adderall and Mydayis[4] are trade names[note 2] for a combination drug containing four salts of amphetamine. The mixture is composed of equal parts racemic amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, which produces a (3:1) ratio between dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine, the two enantiomers of amphetamine. Both enantiomers are stimulants, but differ enough to give Adderall an effects profile distinct from those of racemic amphetamine or dextroamphetamine,[1][2] which are marketed as Evekeo and Dexedrine/Zenzedi, respectively.[1][6][7] Adderall is used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. It is also used as an athletic performance enhancer, cognitive enhancer, appetite suppressant, and recreationally as an aphrodisiac and euphoriant. It is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant of the phenethylamine class.[1]

Adderall is generally well tolerated and effective in treating the symptoms of ADHD and narcolepsy. At therapeutic doses, Adderall causes emotional and cognitive effects such as euphoria, change in sex drive, increased wakefulness, and improved cognitive control. At these doses, it induces physical effects such as a faster reaction time, fatigue resistance, and increased muscle strength. In contrast, much larger doses of Adderall can impair cognitive control, cause rapid muscle breakdown, provoke panic attacks, or induce a psychosis (e.g., paranoia, delusions, hallucinations). The side effects of Adderall vary widely among individuals, but most commonly include insomnia, dry mouth, loss of appetite, and weight loss. The risk of developing an addiction or dependence is insignificant when Adderall is used as prescribed at fairly low daily doses, such as those used for treating ADHD; however, the routine use of Adderall in larger daily doses poses a significant risk of addiction or dependence due to the pronounced reinforcing effects that are present at high doses. Recreational doses of amphetamine are generally much larger than prescribed therapeutic doses, and carry a far greater risk of serious adverse effects.[sources 1]

The two amphetamine enantiomers that compose Adderall (levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine) alleviate the symptoms of ADHD and narcolepsy by increasing the activity of the neurotransmitters norepinephrine and dopamine in the brain, which results in part from their interactions with human trace amine-associated receptor 1 (hTAAR1) and vesicular monoamine transporter 2 (VMAT2) in neurons. Dextroamphetamine is a more potent CNS stimulant than levoamphetamine, but levoamphetamine has slightly stronger cardiovascular and peripheral effects and a longer elimination half-life than dextroamphetamine. The levoamphetamine component of Adderall has been reported to improve the treatment response in some individuals relative to dextroamphetamine alone.[citation needed] Adderall's active ingredient, amphetamine, shares many chemical and pharmacological properties with the human trace amines, particularly
phenethylamine and N-methylphenethylamine, the latter of which is a positional isomer of amphetamine.[sources 2] In 2019, Adderall was the 24th most commonly prescribed medication in the United States, with more than 24 million prescriptions.[27][28]

 

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Adverse effects​

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The adverse side effects of Adderall are many and varied, but the amount of substance consumed is the primary factor in determining the likelihood and severity of side effects.[12][23] Adderall is currently approved for long-term therapeutic use by the USFDA.[12] Recreational use of Adderall generally involves far larger doses and is therefore significantly more dangerous, involving a much greater risk of serious adverse drug effects than dosages used for therapeutic purposes.[23]

Physical​

Cardiovascular side effects can include hypertension or hypotension from a vasovagal response, Raynaud's phenomenon (reduced blood flow to the hands and feet), and tachycardia (increased heart rate).[12][23][82] Sexual side effects in males may include erectile dysfunction, frequent erections, or prolonged erections.[12] Gastrointestinal side effects may include abdominal pain, constipation, diarrhea, and nausea.[3][12][83] Other potential physical side effects include appetite loss, blurred vision, dry mouth, excessive grinding of the teeth, nosebleed, profuse sweating, rhinitis medicamentosa (drug-induced nasal congestion), reduced seizure threshold, tics (a type of movement disorder), and weight loss.[sources 3] Dangerous physical side effects are rare at typical pharmaceutical doses.[23]

Amphetamine stimulates the medullary respiratory centers, producing faster and deeper breaths.[23] In a normal person at therapeutic doses, this effect is usually not noticeable, but when respiration is already compromised, it may be evident.[23] Amphetamine also induces contraction in the urinary bladder sphincter, the muscle which controls urination, which can result in difficulty urinating.[23] This effect can be useful in treating bed wetting and loss of bladder control.[23] The effects of amphetamine on the gastrointestinal tract are unpredictable.[23] If intestinal activity is high, amphetamine may reduce gastrointestinal motility (the rate at which content moves through the digestive system);[23] however, amphetamine may increase motility when the smooth muscle of the tract is relaxed.[23] Amphetamine also has a slight analgesic effect and can enhance the pain relieving effects of opioids.[3][23]

USFDA-commissioned studies from 2011 indicate that in children, young adults, and adults there is no association between serious adverse cardiovascular events (sudden death, heart attack, and stroke) and the medical use of amphetamine or other ADHD stimulants.[sources 4] However, amphetamine pharmaceuticals are contraindicated in individuals with cardiovascular disease.[sources 5]

Psychological​

At normal therapeutic doses, the most common psychological side effects of amphetamine include increased alertness, apprehension, concentration, initiative, self-confidence and sociability, mood swings (elated mood followed by mildly depressed mood), insomnia or wakefulness, and decreased sense of fatigue.[12][23] Less common side effects include anxiety, change in libido, grandiosity, irritability, repetitive or obsessive behaviors, and restlessness;[sources 6] these effects depend on the user's personality and current mental state.[23] Amphetamine psychosis (e.g., delusions and paranoia) can occur in heavy users.[12][13][91] Although very rare, this psychosis can also occur at therapeutic doses during long-term therapy.[12][91][14] According to the USFDA, "there is no systematic evidence" that stimulants produce aggressive behavior or hostility.[12]

Amphetamine has also been shown to produce a conditioned place preference in humans taking therapeutic doses,[43][92] meaning that individuals acquire a preference for spending time in places where they have previously used amphetamine.[92][93]

 

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[syed putra]

So i take amphetamine instead of viagra is ok? Keeps my mind focused on the target due to ADHD.

 

[Leongsam]

So i take amphetamine instead of viagra is ok? Keeps my mind focused on the target due to ADHD.

Amphetamine can cause erectile dysfunction.

 

[sweetiepie]

KNN does ADHD includes someone who onlee like to talk and talk and never give chance to people to talk and when people finallee get to talk they never listen then continue to talk again ? KNN

 

[Rogue Trader]

Have you ever heard of this drug Thalidomide? Once sold over the counter for anxiety, morning sickness.. then doctors began to see an increase in birth defects and slowly traced it back to these pills. Immediately pulled off the shelves in 1961

This is modern medicine for you.