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Is there a difference between dextroamphetamine and d-amphetamine salt combo?

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Dr. Daniel Ziegler answered

Specializes in Emergency Medicine

Subtle difference: Drugs and molecules occur in 2 different forms with the same composition called enantiomers and are physical mirror images: dextro (right), levo (left). Racemic is a mixture of both. Biologic systems use d versions almost exclusively and d-amphetamine is generally more active than l-amphetamine. Amphetamine is racemic amphetamine with d:l ratio of 1:1. The "salts" work out to be a 3:1 ratio

Answered 11/23/2020

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