Posted by zeugma on September 9, 2004, at 18:10:03
In reply to Re: how do ritalin and cocaine differ ?, posted by linkadge on September 9, 2004, at 14:37:19
high doses of ritalin definitely produce a high, that is why it is schedule II. The difference between Ritalin and cocaine is supposed to be primarily pharmacokinetic. Cocaine produces a rapid effect then clears out quickly; Ritalin is also quick but apparently slow enough to present less of an abuse problem than cocaine. Ritalin is actually more selective for the DA transporter than cocaine, and some of cocaine's addictive properties are hypothesized to lie in its effects on the 5HT transporter, which Ritalin lacks.
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