Amphetamine

Amphetamine (AMP) is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulate (psychostimulant), a sympathomimetic amine. AMP may either be taken orally, intravenously or by smoking, AMP is readily absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract and is then metabolized to either deaminated (hippuric and benzoic acids) and hydroxylated metabolites or excreted unchanged in urine and can result in anorexia, hypethermia, cardiovascular dysfucntion euphoria, increased alertness and may have other adverse effect during pregnancy such as miscarriages, stillbirths and sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS). Amphetamine has a half-life of 7 to 32 hours. This test detects the presence of amphetamines in human urine specimen, qualitatively.