A central nervous system stimulant that increases energy and decreases appetite; used to treat narcolepsy and some forms of depression; SYN. pep pill, upper, speed.
Or speed; Powerful synthetic stimulant. Benzedrine was the earliest amphetamine marketed, used as a “pep pill” in World War II to help soldiers overcome fatigue, and until the 1970s amphetamines were prescribed by doctors as an appetite suppressant for weight loss; as an antidepressant, to induce euphoria; and as a stimulant, to increase alertness.
Indications for its use today are very restricted because of severe side effects, including addiction. It is a sulfate or phosphate form of C9H13N.
drug which stimulates the central nervous system, used in medicine to relieve depression, and to control appetite in cases of obesity: the chief ingredient of “pep pills”.