Posted by pablo1 on September 10, 2004, at 11:32:52
In reply to Re: how do ritalin and cocaine differ ?, posted by linkadge on September 10, 2004, at 9:26:39
No I think addictive potential has more to do with fast action, that's why smoking crack cocaine or shooting up heroine is much faster acting than swallowing pills and more addictive. That's why people snort ritalin because it's faster/shorter acting than taking a pill.
Reuptake inhibition just means it prevents your body from regulating dopamine so you drown in your own natural dopamine.
linkadge wrote:
the reason AD's were not supposed to be addictive was because they are reputake inhibitors rather than neurotransmitter releasers. But if cocaine is just a reputake inhibitor than I am confused. Is it the part of the brain that the drugs affect as well ?
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