Posted by DSCH on September 30, 2003, at 12:41:12
In reply to Re: To tell coach I'm on Parnate?, posted by djmmm on September 30, 2003, at 11:49:33
> > Parnate is basically an ampehtamine with a stubbier cyclopropane+NH2 side chain. At high doses it can indeed start acting more like the amphetamines in addition to its MAOI action.
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> > There is strong possibility of it turning up as an ampehtamine postive in a drug test I believe.
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> I wouldn't say "strong possibility" 20 years of research suggests "highly unlikely"
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> True, Parnate (If you have taken it...I have) can have a stimulating effect, but just because a med is stimulating, doesn't mean it's an amphetamine. It is highly unlikely that there is clevage of that cyclopropyl ring...
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> Taking high doses of ephedra or the MAO-B inhibitor selegiline will show up as amphetamine
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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=2055897&dopt=Abstract
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> http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8872238&dopt=AbstractBut will the analysis eric24's urine will be subjected to be as discriminating as the blood tests done on the two individuals mentioned in the second abstract?
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