Adderall

English Etymology A brand name coined by the pharmaceutical executive Roger Griggs in 1994. A contraction of the phrase en ADD attention deficit disorder en for (f)or en all, intended to convey inclusivity.en Alan Schwarz Alan Schwarz The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20131214194232/https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/15/health/the-selling-of-attention-deficit-disorder.html section A 1 15 December 2013 He took ‘A.D.D.’ and fiddled with snappy suffixes. He cast a word with the widest net. All. For A.D.D. A.D.D. for All. Adderall. ‘It was meant to be kind of an inclusive thing,’ Mr. Griggs recalled. Pronunciation en /ˈædəɹɔːl/ en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Adderall.wav Southern England Proper noun ~ en pharmaceutical drug 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. en Addie//Addy<l:slang> en Pop a couple of Adderalls. en 2008 Jay Gordon The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child 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. en w:Douglas Coupland Bit Rot 2016 William Heinemann New Moods London 92 https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTT9CwAAQBAJ&lpg=PA426&dq=%22bit%20rot%22&pg=PA92#v=onepage&q=%22bit%20rot%22&f=false 978-1-4735-3794-1 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. en Ed Shanahan Judge Spares Man in Teen Rape Case: ‘Incarceration Isn’t Appropriate’ w:The New York Times 2021-11-18 https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/nyregion/christopher-belter-rape-sentence.html 0362-4331 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. https://web.archive.org/web/20211211092451/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/18/nyregion/christopher-belter-rape-sentence.html en w:Britney Spears The Woman in Me (memoir) The Woman in Me 2023 Simon and Schuster 978-1-6680-0906-2 Adderall made me high, yes, but what I found far more appealing was that it gave me a few hours of feeling less depressed. en-GB Joseph Gedeon Elon Musk allegedly took large amounts of drugs including ketamine while advising Trump – report w:The Guardian 2025-05-30 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/elon-musk-trump-drug-use 0261-3077 His regular medication box contained pills bearing Adderall markings alongside other substances, according to sources with the Times who have seen photographs of the container. https://web.archive.org/web/20251206163147/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/30/elon-musk-trump-drug-use Derived terms en Adderalled References Further reading en Recreational drugs en trademarks