Methedrine Pharm.
(ˈmɛθədrɪn, -iːn)
[f. methyl + benzedrine.]
A proprietary name for methamphetamine.
| 1939 Trade Marks Jrnl. 11 Jan. 46/2 Methedrine... Pharmaceutical and veterinary preparations. The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.,..London,..manufacturing chemists. 1943 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 20 Mar. 348/2 Methedrine has been found to be an effective blood-pressure-raising drug. 1965 J. Pollitt Depression & its Treatment iv. 47 Methedrine produces euphoria, mental alertness and pressure of talk. 1967 Economist 11 Nov. 628/2 Their deaths were just one instance of the violent crime that is being associated with the increasing use of an amphetamine with the trade name of Methedrine and the nick-name of ‘speed’. 1975 Harpers & Queen May 126/2 Out come..a half-dozen bottles of Methedrine. |