stimulant
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Clinicians call this the “prescribing cascade”: An antidepressant causes insomnia, so a sleep aid is added; a stimulant causes irritability, so a mood stabilizer follows.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026
Current treatments for attention disorders typically increase excitatory signaling in prefrontal brain circuits using stimulant medications.
From Science Daily • Jan. 2, 2026
Of these, about 22,000 hectares are legal -- grown to be chewed as a stimulant, brewed into a tea thought to combat altitude sickness or used in religious rituals.
From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025
So, Gomez sent them home with an antibiotic and an appetite stimulant.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025
The sound of his name seemed to act like a stimulant.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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Vocabulary lists containing stimulant
Across Five Aprils
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Lesson 4
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Selection Vocabulary 2, Unit 6
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