drug: caffeine

• Clinical class: headache remedy, stimulant
• Psychiatric uses: enhance seizure production in ECT
• Chemical class: xanthine
• Action: analeptic, phosphodiesterase inhibitor, adenosine 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

• Cherniske, Stephen Caffeine Blues - Wake Up to the Hidden Dangers of America's #1 Drug Paperback 1998
• Cleo From 5 to 7 Corinne Marchand, Antoine Bourseiller 1962

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