Caffeine
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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]
Cessation of caffeine intake can lead to withdrawal symptoms.[2]
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
- ↑ 1.0 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.
- ↑ Silverman K, Evans SM, Strain EC, Griffiths RR (October 1992). "Withdrawal syndrome after the double-blind cessation of caffeine consumption". The New England journal of medicine 327 (16): 1109–14. PMID 1528206. [e]