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Amphetamine vs Phentermine - What's the difference?

amphetamine | phentermine |

As nouns the difference between amphetamine and phentermine

is that amphetamine is the racemic freebase of amphetamine, the chemical with an IUPAC name of "1-phenylpropan-2-amine"; equal parts of the levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine stereoisomers in their pure amine forms while phentermine is an appetite suppressant of the amphetamine and phenethylamine classes.

amphetamine

English

(wikipedia amphetamine)

Alternative forms

* amfetamine

Noun

  • (organic compound, proper) The racemic freebase of amphetamine, the chemical with an IUPAC name of "1-phenylpropan-2-amine"; equal parts of the levoamphetamine and dextroamphetamine stereoisomers in their pure amine forms.
  • (informal) Any mixture of the amphetamine enantiomers, dextroamphetamine and levoamphetamine; any chemical that can be described by an enantiomeric ratio of the amphetamine enantiomers.
  • (informal, nonstandard) Referring to a substituted amphetamine; a member of the amphetamine class of chemicals.
  • (medicine) A potent central nervous system stimulant of the phenethylamine chemical class that is used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy.

    • Derived terms

    * methamphetamine * substituted amphetamine

    phentermine

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia phentermine)
  • An appetite suppressant of the amphetamine and phenethylamine classes.