Prince's Death Is an Opportunity to Talk to Our Kids About the Dangers of Prescription Drug Abuse
Prince is seemingly now part of a rising death toll related to opioid use, and his death spotlights a growing threat to the health and safety of teens and adults alike. Two years ago, the Center for Disease Control (CDC) reported 28,000 deaths from opioid overdose. Today, it reports two million Americans are addicted to these medications.
The reason opioids like morphine, oxycodone and hydrocodone are problematic is that they are highly addictive and increasingly over-prescribed by doctors - so much so that the CDC recently had to publish guidelines for prescribing physicians. Prescription opioids are also to blame f...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - May 9, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Could ADHD Drugs Lower Kids' Bone Density?
Study raises questions about bone health of young people taking meds like Ritalin and Adderall (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - April 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Could ADHD Drugs Lower Kids' Bone Density?
Study raises questions about bone health of young people taking meds like Ritalin and Adderall (Source: U.S. News - Health)
Source: U.S. News - Health - April 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Most teens who abuse ADHD meds get them from others
HealthDay News Abuse of ADHD stimulant drugs such Ritalin or Adderall is on the rise, and a new study finds that most teens who abuse the drugs get them from someone else. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - March 8, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Most Teens Who Abuse ADHD Meds Get Them From Others
TUESDAY, March 8, 2016 -- Abuse of ADHD stimulant drugs such Ritalin or Adderall is on the rise, and a new study finds that most teens who abuse the drugs get them from someone else.
An expanding market for drugs to treat attention-deficit... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - March 8, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: news
Early Behavior Therapy Found to Aid Children With A.D.H.D.
Experts said this approach could possibly change standard medical practice, which favors drugs like Adderall and Ritalin as first-line treatments. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - February 18, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: BENEDICT CAREY Tags: Psychology and Psychologists Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Pelham, William E. Source Type: news
Study: Adderall abuse skyrockets among young adults
Stephen FellerBALTIMORE, Feb. 17 (UPI) -- While Adderall precriptions to treat ADHD have stayed relatively flat, the number of people abusing the drug or seeking ER treatment for misuse has skyrocketed. (Source: Health News - UPI.com)
Source: Health News - UPI.com - February 17, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Impax Receives FDA Approval for Generic Version of Adderall XR(R) (mixed salts of a single-entity amphetamine product) Capsules, CII
HAYWARD, Calif., Feb. 17, 2016 -- (Healthcare Sales & Marketing Network) -- Impax Laboratories, Inc. (IPXL) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for dextroamphetamine sac... Biopharmaceuticals, Generics, FDAImpax Laboratories, Adderall XR, amphetamine (Source: HSMN NewsFeed)
Source: HSMN NewsFeed - February 17, 2016 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
More College Students Misusing ADHD Med as Study Aid
Nonmedical use of Adderall and ER visits are up, study says (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - February 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Adderall misuse rising among young adults
Study finds more young adults are winding up in the emergency room for misusing popular ADHD drug (Source: Health News: CBSNews.com)
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - February 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Adderall misuse rising among young adults
While the number of prescriptions for the stimulant Adderall has remained unchanged among young adults, misuse and emergency room visits related to the drug have risen dramatically in this group, new research suggests. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - February 16, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
John Hopkins University find rise in number of young people abusing ADHD drug
Scientists at Johns Hopkins University warned emergency room visits relating to Adderall jumped 156 per cent while use without a prescription rose 67 per cent in six years - with those aged 18 to 25 at greatest risk. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More College Students Misusing ADHD Med as Study Aid
Nonmedical use of Adderall and ER visits are up, study says (Source: U.S. News - Health)
Source: U.S. News - Health - February 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
More College Students Misusing ADHD Med as Study Aid
Nonmedical use of Adderall and ER visits are up, study says
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Source: MedlinePlus Health News - February 16, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Everything You Wanted To Know About Microdosing (But Were Afraid To Ask)
Long before microdosing was being touted as the Silicon Valley life hack du jour, Dr. James Fadiman was investigating the potential mind-enhancing effects of ingesting psychedelic drugs like LSD and psilocybin, more commonly known as magic mushrooms.
In the 1960s, Fadiman conducted pioneering psychedelic research, including one study in which he gave LSD and another hallucinogen, Mescaline, to scientists, mathematicians and architects to see how it affected creative problem-solving. (His research was one of the last investigations into LSD due to the Food and Drug Administration's mid-1960s research ban of...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - January 13, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
