Illegal Psychiatric Drug Marketing System Charted/Exposed

It is illegal to market drugs that are not FDA-approved for a specific condition. This criminal offense is called off-label marketing. Yet, 2 million children are currently being prescribed psychiatry's most...

The Manila Times Internet Edition | WORLD > Ritalin may help elderly avoid fa...

" WASHINGTON: The medication Ritalin (methylphenidate), often prescribed to treat hyperactive children, may also be used to prevent elderly people from falling, according to a study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society.

ADHD Kids With Poor Sleep Benefit from Medicine.

Sleep which reports on a study of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and poor sleep efficiency.The researchers split 37 children with ADHD into two groups good sleepers and poor sleepers, based on testing.

Doping Scandal Rocks the Science World

While scientists aren't turning themselves green or endowing themselves with mind-controlled metal tentacles (yet), approximately one-fifth of them are taking drugs to increase their productivity.What, you thought...

Teen Suicide Case in Britain may be Linked to Ritalin

A recent suicide involving a 15-year-old British boy may be linked to an increase in his Ritalin prescription according to a story published in the Daily Mail. Anthony Cole had been taking Ritalin to combat...

Study Shows Ritalin Use Doubles in Children of Divorce: But the Question Rema...

"When a new study comes out showing that Ritalin use doubles in children of divorce, it is easy to assume the very public perception that divorce does a child 'bad.' But is it really that simple? Below, Professor Lisa Strohschein asks the following question: ‘Is it possible...

Are ADHD Drugs Turning our Kids into Addicts?

By Cyrus Brooks While a fierce debate rages over the dramatic rise in prescriptions for "ADHD" for children as young as four, there is another side to the ADHD medication issue—street use of these drugs. In...

ADHD and Coca-Cola Come Up Flat

"I take serious issue with a "business news article" that appeared in The Sunday Paper, a very readable Atlanta weekly publication. On February 18th, Diane Loupe wrote an article titled, "Coke Takes On ADHD." To...

What is ADHD?

"Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder sometimes known as ADHD is the descriptive label given to an ever-increasing number of children with a variety of behavioural and learning problems including hyperactivity, poor attention span, lack of concentration, disruptiveness,...

New Hampshire is the World's Ritalin Leader for Eight Straight Years

NEW HAMPSHIRE -- Drug Enforcement Administration statistics reveal that New Hampshire leads the nation in methylphenidate, most commonly known as Ritalin and Concerta, sales purchases per capita for the eigth...

Teens turning to legal drugs - The Boston Globe

"It found that while fewer teens overall drank alcohol or used illegal drugs in the last year, a small but growing number were popping prescription painkillers like OxyContin and Vicodin and stimulants like Ritalin."

New warnings on ADHD drugs

"Several drugs to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder must include new warning information about the risk of heart problems and psychotic behavior, U.S. health officials said on Monday. The drugs,...

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