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...
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" 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.
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.
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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...
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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...
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"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...
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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...
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"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...
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"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,...
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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...
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"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."
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"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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