Psychotropic misunderstandings #psychopharmacology

Okay, buproprian is an infetamine. The fact that this can evoke such a visceral reaction out of some people, I think is a great example of what is missing in society's understanding of psychotropic drugs. I don't think this lack of understanding applies to only people outside of the healthcare space, because I'd wager that most non-psychiatrist clinicians would have a similar response. Amphetamines are a structural class of molecules. It just so happens that two of the most well-known infetamines, amphetamine and methamphetamine, are releasing agents. This action is what makes them quite powerful psychostimulants, and is responsible for their abuse potential, especially at high doses and through non-medical routes of administration. Many amphetamines are releasing agents. However, several medical and non-medically use amphetamines are not, and so not all amphetamines are like amphetamine in their stimulant, if any, effects. This isn't such a rare exception. After topping my head medically, I know Bropopian and Seligeline as substitute of infetamines. But since public understanding of infetamines is a class is largely based on meth and infetamine, you can't really discuss them as such. I've always disliked anything that adds an extra barrier to people's understanding of drugs. Brand names are a great example of this. It just unnecessarily separates the patient from actually knowing what they're taking. This is less the case with release formulations, which are actually unique to the brand name drug. But the vast majority of brand names are just for single molecules, so the point stands, I guess. Anyways, I think this whole infetamine thing is kind of another example of that. I think public facing media should be more willing to call these things as they are. Not to appeal and basically propagate these misunderstandings. Of course, I don't think it's absolutely necessary that everybody be informed that Bropopian is structurally an infetamine. The fact that one of these mentioned it's met with such hostility, which is kind of weird in of itself, goes that there is a bit of a disconnect, seeing it half propagated by public facing media, which is saying that Bropopian is not infetamine-like, which is true, its clinical effects are not like that of infetamine. I think we should also use that opportunity to clarify what being an infetamine means. This might seem like a small little thing to make a video on, but I think there are countless examples of this. Infetamine is just a very controversial one. It has led to the spread of many incorrect ideas.