Dexedrine

Quick meaning: Dexedrine is a noun meaning A brand name for dextroamphetamine.

Meaning

A brand name for dextroamphetamine.

Example Sentences

I drank gin-and-hot-water to blunt the pain and took Dexedrine to blunt the gin and wrote the piece.

Later I learned that the pills were Dexedrine, which Elvis had first discovered in the Army. A sergeant had given several men pills to help them stay awake while on guard duty.

[…]—and then all soaring on—what?—acid, peyote, morning-glory seeds, which were very hell to choke down, billions of bilious seeds mulching out into sodden dandelions in your belly, bloated—but soaring!—or IT-290, or dexedrine, benzedrine, methedrine— Speed!—or speed and grass—[…]

Word Forms

• dexedrines

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include dexamphetamine, dextroamfetamine, dexamfetamine, serdexmethylphenidate, methedrine, lisdextroamphetamine.

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