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Psychostimulant vs Dexmethylphenidate - What's the difference?

psychostimulant | dexmethylphenidate |

As nouns the difference between psychostimulant and dexmethylphenidate

is that psychostimulant is a drug that acts to temporarily increase mental alertness or awareness while dexmethylphenidate is a psychostimulant, a dopamine reuptake inhibitor that affects the central nervous system.

As an adjective psychostimulant

is tending to increase mental alertness and awareness.

psychostimulant

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Tending to increase mental alertness and awareness
    • a psychostimulant effect

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A drug that acts to temporarily increase mental alertness or awareness

    • Synonyms

    * stimulant

    See also

    * (wikipedia "psychostimulant")

    dexmethylphenidate

    English

    Noun

    (-) (wikipedia dexmethylphenidate)
  • A psychostimulant, a dopamine reuptake inhibitor that affects the central nervous system.