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benzedrine

Amphetamine sulfate Pharmacology A vasoconstricting nonnarcotic stimulant, first marketed as an OTC inhalation stimulant to treat congestion. See Amphetamine.

Benzedrine

A now historic brand name for AMPHETAMINE (amfetamine).

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Results showed that people who reported using Benzedrine or Dexedrine were nearly 60 percent more likely to develop Parkinson's than those people who didn't take the drugs.

Using amphetamines 'ups risk of Parkinson's disease'

Were Bonnie Parker, Clyde Barrow, John Dillinger, and George "Baby Face" Nelson under the influence of Benzedrine during their murderous crime sprees?

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Benzedrine inhalers were available till they realised folk were taking the impregnated paper out and chewing it.

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There was her 30-year use of amphetamines, beginning with Benzedrine in 1942, as she was rushing to complete The Fountainhead, and continuing with Dexedrine and Dexamyl into the 1970s.

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He's Bart Simpson on benzedrine. He has a charge sheet as long as his arm, which happens to be defaced by a tattoo depicting the 1402 Battle of Pilleth, won by Welsh nationalist Owain Glyndwr.

Craig's a Bell-ter; (AND THAT WAS HARD TO ADMIT)

2002); another result was that JuA (10-20 mg/kg body wt., i.p.) showed no inhibitory action in the CNS, but showed synergistic action with benzedrine (Wu and Zhang 1993).

Pharmacological studies on the sedative-hypnotic effect of Semen Ziziphi spinosae (Suanzaoren) and Radix et Rhizoma Salviae miltiorrhizae (Danshen) extracts and the synergistic effect of their combinations

Kirschner: To bring a high level of baseball excitement to Sarasota by selling pints of cough medicine spiked with Benzedrine at all our games.

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The effect of subcutaneous injections of benzedrine sulphate on the activity of white rats.

A bibliometric analysis of research in psychopharmacology by psychology departments (1987-2007)

Let's hear a laugh from you, Swallow a Benzedrine, Put on a party smile, And join the gang.

Auden in autumn: what would Man of La Mancha be like if the poet W.H. Auden had written lyrics for this classic musical?

On the album's most bizarre song, "20 Dollar Nose Bleed," Stump sings the praises of Benzedrine and bashes President Bush.

It's the Boys who Fall into delusion on `Folie'

When the Premier League's top two clashed in the FA Cup last weekend, Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger ended up spitting venom at each other like a pair of Benzedrine puff adders.

Brand Chelsea - you're Av-ing a laugh, Kenyon

Back then, amphetamine stimulants like benzedrine were used by athletes to increase energy, weight loss, and concentration.