addicted to them. Dr. Patrick A. Mazza, team physician for the Reading Phillies, said he prescribed Dexamyl, Eskatrol, Dexedrine, and Preludin for Steve Carlton, Larry Christenson, Tim McCarver, Pete Rose, Larry Bowa, and Greg Luzinski. The charges against Mazza were dropped after he contended that he had provided the prescriptions in good faith to the baseball players at their request. The pill was writer Terry Southern's drug of choice for many years. See also Amfecloral, a single molecule with a similar effect (due to metabolites). Desbutal, another pharmaceutical containing an amphetamine and a barbiturate. D-IX, an experimental drug containing methamphetamine, cocaine & oxycodone. The song "Big Black Smoke" by the Kinks makes reference to the drug with the lyric "And every penny she had was spent on purple hearts and cigarettes." Dexy's Midnight Runners References Substituted amphetamines Barbiturates Combination drugs