Drilldown: Medicines

Khat (1) · Quetiapine (1) · Tea (1)

''Camellia sinensis'' (formerly ''Thea sinensis'') (1) · ''Catha edulis''. Chat, qat, the Flower of Paradise (1) · Seroquel (1)

Caffeine plant (1) · Cathinone source (1) · Excitantia (2) · Plant Medicine (2) · [[:Category:Dibenzothiazepines|Dibenzothiazepine]] (1) · [[:Category:Neuroleptics|Neuroleptic]] (1) · [[:Category:Second-generation neuroleptics|Second-generation (atypical) neuroleptic]] (1) · [[:Category:Serotonin-dopamine antagonists|Serotonin-dopamine antagonist]] (1)

Caffeine + theophylline + L-theanine. L-theanine (an amino acid unique to tea) modulates glutamate and produces an 'alpha-wave' calming overlay on caffeine's stimulation, hence tea's reputation as a 'cleaner' stimulant than coffee. (1) · Dopamine D2 and serotonin 5-HT2A receptor antagonist'"`UNIQ--ref-0000008D-QINU`"' '"`UNIQ--vote-0000008E-QINU`"' (1) · Primary alkaloid is (S)-(-)-cathinone, a phenylpropanolamine close kin to amphetamine. Releases dopamine and norepinephrine. Also contains cathine (=norpseudoephedrine) and norephedrine. (1)

'"`UNIQ--vote-00000008-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000009-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-0000008F-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000090-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000091-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000092-QINU`"' (1) · '"`UNIQ--vote-00000747-QINU`"', '"`UNIQ--vote-00000748-QINU`"' (1)

25 mg (schizophrenia, immediate-release); 50 mg (bipolar mania, immediate-release); 50 mg (Seroquel XR, schizophrenia or bipolar) (1) · A ''marduuf'' bundle (~50 g fresh leaves) chewed over a couple of hours (1) · One cup (~40–60 mg caffeine; about half of brewed coffee) (1)

25 mg, 50 mg, 100 mg, 200 mg, 300 mg, 400 mg immediate-release tablets; 50 mg, 150 mg, 200 mg, 300 mg, 400 mg extended-release tablets (Seroquel XR) (1) · Dried leaves, infused. Six major processings: white, green, yellow, oolong, black, pu-erh (1) · Fresh leaves and tender twigs chewed; degrades on drying (1)

None (2) · 800 mg/day (1)

Oral (2) · Oral (buccal absorption) (1)

None · Hours · 30-60 minutes · 1-2 hours · ~30 min · LDL lowering at 2 weeks, max by 4 weeks · ~1 hour · 15-30 minutes · 15–30 min · 1–2 h · 30–60 min · Antidepressant effect emerges over 1-2 weeks · BP and symptomatic LUTS improvement within 1-2 weeks · BP effect within 1-2 weeks · Clinical improvement within 24-72 hours · Days · Motor improvement over days at therapeutic dose · Over weeks · Postprandial glucose effect within days; HbA1c by 12 weeks · Sleep effect from first dose; antidepressant effect over 1-4 weeks

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2–4 h (1) · 3–4 h (1) · 6-8 h (immediate-release); 24 h (extended-release) (1)

None (1) · ~5 h (caffeine) (1) · ~6 h (parent compound, immediate-release); ~9-12 h (active metabolite N-desalkylquetiapine, also called norquetiapine) (1)

None (2) · Tablet ~100% relative to oral solution; extensive first-pass metabolism (1)

None (2) · Pregnancy categories were retired by FDA in 2015. Quetiapine has reassuring active-comparator cohort data without consistent teratogenic signal; among the preferred neuroleptics when treatment is clinically necessary in pregnancy. See pregnancy_details for the full citation set. (1)

None (1) · Schedule I in US since 1993 (despite traditional use elsewhere); legal in Ethiopia, Kenya, Yemen, Somalia, Djibouti (1) · [[USLegal:Prescription only|Prescription only]]; not a controlled substance (1)