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| quote  = 1,3,7-trimethylxanthine — the alkaloid the coffee leaf shares with the tea leaf and the cocoa pod and the kola nut and the maté and the guaraná. The world's most-consumed psychoactive molecule, the one we forget is psychoactive because we have built our days around it. Caffeine is the conversation that civilization has stopped noticing it is having.
| quote  = Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant, a cardiac stimulant, a respiratory stimulant, and a diuretic. Caffeine is addictive. Withdrawal symptoms typically include irritability, fatigue, and headaches, sometimes severe.
| volume = Dynamis
| volume = Dynamis
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| page  = 29
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[[Category:Stimulants & Wake-Promoting Agents]]
[[Category:Psychostimulants]]
[[Category:Xanthines]]
[[Category:Xanthines]]
[[Category:Psychostimulants]]
[[Category:Psychostimulants]]

Latest revision as of 10:50, 17 May 2026

Xanthine, Stimulant
Caffeine

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Interactions

Pharmacogenomic + mechanism interactions2 edges
Pharmacokinetic mechanismSubstrate / metabolism relationships from primary literature
Enzyme:CYP1A2 substrate major Primary 80 / 100
FDA Drug Interactions Table: sensitive index substrate of CYP1A2.
Inferred from pharmacokinetic dataMaterialised by the inference engine; provenance shown per row
Fluvoxamine pk raises via CYP1A2 Inferred 72 / 100
Fluvoxamine inhibits CYP1A2 (inhibitor_strong, intensity 90); Caffeine is a substrate_major of CYP1A2 (intensity 80). Derived: Caffeine exposure raised.
Inferred via Enzyme:CYP1A2 (exposure raised)

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Summary
Classes
Xanthine, Stimulant
Pharmacy
Pharmacology
Purported mechanism
Adenosine receptor antagonist


Pendell's corner
Caffeine is a central nervous system stimulant, a cardiac stimulant, a respiratory stimulant, and a diuretic. Caffeine is addictive. Withdrawal symptoms typically include irritability, fatigue, and headaches, sometimes severe.
— Dale Pendell, Pharmako/Dynamis, p. 29