Adderall
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Brand name. A contraction of the phrase “A.D.D. (attention deficit disorder) for All” intended to convey that “it was meant to be kind of an inclusive thing”.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Adderall (countable and uncountable, plural Adderalls)
- (pharmacology) A brand name for a psychostimulant combination drug containing four salts of amphetamine, used in the treatment of conditions such as ADHD and narcolepsy and often misused as a recreational drug.
- 2008, Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child:
- Doctors and the media have helped to create the belief that the best way to treat ADD/ADHD is with stimulant medications, such as Ritalin or Adderall.
- 2016, Douglas Coupland, “New Moods”, in Bit Rot, London: William Heinemann, →ISBN, page 92:
- A few years back I tried that “Harvard drug,” Adderall, which gives you the power to read for twelve hours straight and internalize everything you read—and it was a total disaster.
- 2021 November 18, Ed Shanahan, “Judge Spares Man in Teen Rape Case: ‘Incarceration Isn’t Appropriate’”, in The New York Times[2], →ISSN:
- He was a teenager too, a student at an elite private boys school whose family’s western New York home was known as a party house where teens gathered to consume liquor, marijuana and Adderall.
- 2023, Britney Spears, The Woman in Me, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
- Adderall made me high, yes, but what I found far more appealing was that it gave me a few hours of feeling less depressed.
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References[edit]
- ^ Alan Schwarz (2013 December 15) “The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder”, in The New York Times[1], section A, page 1.
