Definition of "Adderall"

Adderall

/ˈædəɹɔːl/

proper noun
countable and uncountable, plural Adderalls
1. (pharmacology) A brand name for a psychostimulant combination drug containing four salts of amphetamine, used in the treatment of conditions such as ADHD and narcolepsy and often misused as a recreational drug.
  Quotations
  Doctors and the media have helped to create the belief that the best way to treat ADD/ADHD is with stimulant medications, such as Ritalin or Adderall.
  2008, Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child
  A few years back I tried that “Harvard drug,” Adderall, which gives you the power to read for twelve hours straight and internalize everything you read—and it was a total disaster.
  2016, Douglas Coupland, “New Moods”, in Bit Rot, London: William Heinemann, page 92
  He was a teenager too, a student at an elite private boys school whose family’s western New York home was known as a party house where teens gathered to consume liquor, marijuana and Adderall.
  2021 November 18, Ed Shanahan, “Judge Spares Man in Teen Rape Case: ‘Incarceration Isn’t Appropriate’”, in The New York Times‎
  Adderall made me high, yes, but what I found far more appealing was that it gave me a few hours of feeling less depressed.
  2023, Britney Spears, The Woman in Me, Simon and Schuster