Comment Re:According to the Pocket PDR (Score 1) 660
The PDR is USELESS as a drug reference. It just tells you what is in the package insert from the manufacturer, i.e. not very much. It's the stuff the FDA bureaucrats require them to list for legal reasons, but is quite often of no use at all for deciding what the drug does.
"Stimulant" is a vague term. In the sense that it acts to stimulate, sure, it's a stimulant, but it is not a stimulant in a pharmacological sense, i.e. it does not act like classic stimulants (e.g. amphetamine) do.
Also, a "class IV controlled substance" is a LEGAL category from the DEA -- it has nothing to do with the actual biological effect of the drug.
I'm no expert on the drug, but I am an MD, FWIW.
"Stimulant" is a vague term. In the sense that it acts to stimulate, sure, it's a stimulant, but it is not a stimulant in a pharmacological sense, i.e. it does not act like classic stimulants (e.g. amphetamine) do.
Also, a "class IV controlled substance" is a LEGAL category from the DEA -- it has nothing to do with the actual biological effect of the drug.
I'm no expert on the drug, but I am an MD, FWIW.
