drug: caffeine
- Clinical class: headache remedy, stimulant
- Psychiatric uses: enhance seizure production in ECT
- Chemical class: xanthine
- Action: analeptic, phosphodiesterase inhibitor, adenose A1 antagonist
- CSA schedule: none
- DEA number: none
- Availability: unregulated retail, over the counter, various prescription preparations
- Associated with (substance-related): disorders
Also: cocoa, coffee, tea, soda, java, expresso, espresso
U.S. Preparations:
- Cafcit® (Roxane)
- Caffeine and sodium benzoate injection, USP (Taylor)
- Nodoz
Preparations Outside U.S.:
- Animine, Coffekapton, Cofi-Tabs, Durvitan, Koffein, Lert, Prolert, Regmakers
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- Cherniske, Stephen Caffeine Blues - Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug Paperback 1998