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Caffeine is a mild stimulant and "is the most widely used psychoactive drug in the world."<ref name="isbn0-07-142280-3">{{cite book |author=O'Brien, Charles |authorlink= |editor=Keith Parker; Laurence Brunton; Goodman, Louis Sanford; Lazo, John S.; Gilman, Alfred |others= |title=Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics |edition=11th |chapter=Chapter 23. Drug Addition and Drug Abuse |chapterurl= |language= |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=2006 |origyear= |pages= |quote= |isbn=0-07-142280-3 |oclc= |doi= |url=http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=28 |accessdate=}}</ref>
'''Caffeine''', contained in [[coffee]] and other drinks, is a mild stimulant and "is the most widely used psychoactive drug in the world."<ref name="isbn0-07-142280-3">{{cite book |author=O'Brien, Charles |authorlink= |editor=Keith Parker; Laurence Brunton; Goodman, Louis Sanford; Lazo, John S.; Gilman, Alfred |others= |title=Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics |edition=11th |chapter=Chapter 23. Drug Addition and Drug Abuse |chapterurl= |language= |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=2006 |origyear= |pages= |quote= |isbn=0-07-142280-3 |oclc= |doi= |url=http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=28 |accessdate=}}</ref>


==Pharmacology==
==Pharmacology==
 
Caffeine competitively antagonizes [[adenosine]] receptors. This antagonism prevents adenosine's inhibition of intracellular [[cyclic AMP]]. [[Cyclic AMP]] is a [[Second messenger system|second messenger]] that increases [[sympathetic nervous system|sympathetic]] stimulation and increases [[norepinephrine]] and [[dopamine]] release<ref name="isbn0-07-142280-3">{{cite book |author=O'Brien, Charles |authorlink= |editor=Keith Parker; Laurence Brunton; Goodman, Louis Sanford; Lazo, John S.; Gilman, Alfred |others= |title=Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics |edition=11th |chapter=Chapter 23. Drug Addition and Drug Abuse |chapterurl= |language= |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=2006 |origyear= |pages= |quote= |isbn=0-07-142280-3 |oclc= |doi= |url=http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=28 |accessdate=}}</ref>


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Caffeine, contained in coffee and other drinks, is a mild stimulant and "is the most widely used psychoactive drug in the world."[1]

Pharmacology

Caffeine competitively antagonizes adenosine receptors. This antagonism prevents adenosine's inhibition of intracellular cyclic AMP. Cyclic AMP is a second messenger that increases sympathetic stimulation and increases norepinephrine and dopamine release[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 O'Brien, Charles (2006). “Chapter 23. Drug Addition and Drug Abuse”, Keith Parker; Laurence Brunton; Goodman, Louis Sanford; Lazo, John S.; Gilman, Alfred: Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, 11th. New York: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 0-07-142280-3.