Hitler was a Tweaker....among other things..

Substances given to Hitler
Morell kept a medical diary of the drugs, tonics, vitamins and other substances he administered to Hitler, usually by either injection or in pill form. Most were commercial preparations, some were his own. Since some of these compounds are considered toxic, many historians have speculated Morell may have accidentally contributed to Hitler's poor health. This fragmentary list of representative ingredients would have seemed somewhat less shocking during the 1940s:
Potassium bromide
Nux Vomica (a form of strychnine)
Atropine
Sodium barbitone
Oxedrine Tartrate
Chamomile
Testosterone
Prophenazone
Caffiene
Belladonna
E. coli
Dihydroxycodeine
Sulphonamide
Cocaine (via eye drops)
Enzymes
Vitamins
Amphetamines
Methamphetamines
Proteins and lipids derived from animal tissues and fats
Morell apparently never told Hitler (or anyone else) what he was administering, other than to say the preparations contained various vitamins and "natural" ingredients. Some ingredients were later confirmed by doctors who had been shown pills by Hitler while temporarily treating him. A few of the preparations (such as Glyconorm, a tonic popular in Switzerland for fighting infections) contained rendered forms of animal tissues such as placenta, cardiac muscle, liver and bull testicles. During his interrogation after the war, Morell claimed another doctor had prescribed cocaine to Hitler and at least one other doctor is known to have administered it through eyedrops after he requested it in the hours following an almost successful assassination attempt on July 20, 1944. Cocaine was routinely used for medical purposes in Germany during that time but Morell is said to have increased the dosage ten-fold. Overuse of cocaine eyedrops has been associated with psychotic behavior, hypertension and other symptoms but historians have generally tended to discount any effects of Morell's treatments on Hitler's decision-making.
Morell was subject to many accusations by members of Hitler's inner circle. Several people claimed he regularly injected Hitler with morphine without telling him and that Morell himself was a morphine addict. Some went so far as to claim Morell used Hitler as a "guinea pig" for several of the drugs he tried to develop and sell but these latter claims were made by people without medical backgrounds and may not be reliable.

Trivia
The song "Gramme Friday" by The Fall mentions Morell in the context of amphetamine abuse:
Hitler lost his nerve on it.
Dr. Morel prescribed it well

See also
Adolf Hitler's medical health

Further reading
Doyle, D. (2005). Hitler's Medical Care. PDF File Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
Morell, Dr. T. et al. (1983). Adolf Hitler : The Secret Diaries of Hitler's Doctor. PDF File Focal Point Publications. ISBN 0283989815
O'Donnell, J. (1978). The Bunker. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306809583
Snyder, L. Hitler's Elite. New York: Hippocrene Books. ISBN 087052738X
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