Methamphetamine

"Methamphetamine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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A central nervous system stimulant and sympathomimetic with actions and uses similar to DEXTROAMPHETAMINE. The smokable form is a drug of abuse and is referred to as crank, crystal, crystal meth, ice, and speed.

Descriptor ID	D008694
MeSH Number(s)	D02.092.471.683.152.619
Concept/Terms	Methamphetamine Methamphetamine Desoxyephedrine Metamfetamine Methylamphetamine N-Methylamphetamine N Methylamphetamine Deoxyephedrine Desoxyn Desoxyn Madrine Madrine Methamphetamine Hydrochloride Methamphetamine Hydrochloride Hydrochloride, Methamphetamine

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Methamphetamine".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Organic Chemicals [D02]
Amines [D02.092]
Ethylamines [D02.092.471]
Phenethylamines [D02.092.471.683]
Amphetamines [D02.092.471.683.152]
Methamphetamine [D02.092.471.683.152.619]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Methamphetamine".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Methamphetamine".

Methamphetamine
Benzphetamine

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Methamphetamine" by people in this website by year, and whether "Methamphetamine" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 139 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 13 publications in 2007

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1997	1	0	1
2001	1	0	1
2002	4	0	4
2003	2	0	2
2004	3	1	4
2005	3	1	4
2006	7	1	8
2007	12	1	13
2008	8	0	8
2009	7	0	7
2010	8	1	9
2011	7	0	7
2012	8	1	9
2013	10	1	11
2014	6	0	6
2015	9	1	10
2016	5	0	5
2017	4	1	5
2018	1	1	2
2019	3	1	4
2020	4	0	4
2021	6	0	6
2022	2	0	2
2024	4	0	4
2025	1	1	2

Below are the most recent publications written about "Methamphetamine" by people in Profiles.

Elsey MK, Beltran NM, Serafine KM. Eating a ketogenic diet enhances sensitivity of rats to the effects of methamphetamine, but not dopamine D2/D3 receptor agonist quinpirole. Pharmacol Biochem Behav. 2025 Oct; 255:174072.

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Syvertsen J, Cabral A, Knaap E, Rey S, Pollini RA. The emergence of fentanyl in a stimulant landscape: Un/intentional use, social relations, and developing communities of care. Int J Drug Policy. 2025 Jun; 140:104807.

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Sidhu GK, Fontanilla TM, Becker TS. Midlife and Older Age Methamphetamine Poisoning Deaths in Hawai'i. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2024 08; 83(8):225-229.

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Nakamoto M, Onoye J, Kiyokawa M, Takeshita J, Lu B. Methamphetamine Use in Psychiatric Emergency Services and Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Populations. J Addict Med. 2024 Nov-Dec 01; 18(6):657-662.

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Carrico AW, Cherenack EM, Flentje A, Moskowitz JT, Asam K, Ghanooni D, Chavez JV, Neilands TB, Dilworth SE, Rubin LH, Gouse H, Fuchs D, Paul RH, Aouizerat BE. A positive affect intervention alters leukocyte DNA methylation in sexual minority men with HIV who use methamphetamine. Brain Behav Immun. 2024 Aug; 120:151-158.

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Ross EJ, Jimenez DE, Ghanooni D, Mendez A, Hirshfield S, Horvath KJ, DeVries B, Dilworth SE, Carrico AW, Martinez CA. Loneliness, Methamphetamine Use, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Sexual Minority Men in the COVID-19 Era. Int J Behav Med. 2025 Apr; 32(2):267-275.

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Ghanooni D, Carrico AW, Williams R, Glynn TR, Moskowitz JT, Pahwa S, Pallikkuth S, Roach ME, Dilworth S, Aouizerat BE, Flentje A. Sexual Minority Stress and Cellular Aging in Methamphetamine-Using Sexual Minority Men With Treated HIV. Psychosom Med. 2022 10 01; 84(8):949-956.

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Lee F, Sheeler D, Hotton A, Vecchio ND, Flores R, Fujimoto K, Harawa N, Schneider JA, Khanna AS. Stimulant use interventions may strengthen 'Getting to Zero' HIV elimination initiatives in Illinois: Insights from a modeling study. Int J Drug Policy. 2022 05; 103:103628.

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Avila JA, Memos N, Aslan A, Andrejewski T, Luine VN, Serrano PA. Voluntary oral methamphetamine increases memory deficits and contextual sensitization during abstinence associated with decreased PKM? and increased ?OR in the hippocampus of female mice. J Psychopharmacol. 2021 Oct; 35(10):1240-1252.

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Kobeissy FH, Shakkour Z, Hayek SE, Mohamed W, Gold MS, Wang KKW. Elevation of Pro-inflammatory and Anti-inflammatory Cytokines in Rat Serum after Acute Methamphetamine Treatment and Traumatic Brain Injury. J Mol Neurosci. 2022 Jan; 72(1):158-168.

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