Woman's Adderall Prescription Could Earn Her Years In Japanese Prison
A young woman is in serious legal trouble after she was allegedly found with Adderall she had a prescription for.
Jill Russell mailed her daughter Carrie's prescribed drugs to South Korea on Jan. 6, according to the Oregonian.
Carrie Russell, 26, then mailed the three month supply to Nagoya, Japan, where she planned to start teaching English.
On Feb. 20, Japanese authorities arrested Russell and accused her of smuggling Adderall, a drug commonly used to treat attention deficit disorder.
Adderall is illegal in Japan.
Russell is being held in solitary confinement and could face "years in prison" if convicted, the Oregon...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
One Drug or 2? Parents See Risk but Also Hope
A steadily rising number of parents face a wrenching choice about whether to add antipsychotic drugs like Risperdal to stimulants like Adderall to treat children for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - November 15, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ALAN SCHWARZ Tags: Psychiatry and Psychiatrists Adderall (Drug) Food and Drug Administration Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children and Childhood Express Scripts Inc ESRX NASDAQ Source Type: news
One Drug or 2? Parents See Risk but Also Hope
A steadily rising number of parents face a wrenching choice about whether to add antipsychotic drugs like Risperdal to stimulants like Adderall to treat children for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. (Source: NYT)
Source: NYT - November 15, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: By ALAN SCHWARZ Tags: Psychiatry and Psychiatrists Adderall (Drug) Food and Drug Administration Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Children and Childhood Express Scripts Inc ESRX NASDAQ Source Type: news
Adderall In The Workplace: Why Some Turn To Stimulants For A Career Boost
Using stimulant medications at work is neither a cognitive enhancement nor a benign practice that should simply be accepted. It is a sign of someone trying to solve significant problems. This post describes the problems people try to solve by self-medicating with stimulants. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 25, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Todd Essig Source Type: news
Adderall In The Workplace: Should Managers Turn A Blind Eye?
Emerging research suggests stimulant medications are not "smart drugs." They are "drive drugs." And this has huge consequence for how we think about "Adderall in the workplace." (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - October 21, 2014 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Todd Essig Source Type: news
So Many Hyper Kids, Such a Checkered History of Help
I once attended a support group for the parents of hyperactive/attention deficit kids. What I heard was extreme: their kids were uncontrollable and they, the parents, were at their wits’ ends. Have far have we come since then?read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - October 11, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Susan K. Perry, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Education Health Parenting Therapy adderall ADHD Anti-Depressants anxiety hyper hyperactive memoir ritalin Susan K. Perry timothy denevi Source Type: news
Shire to Pay USD 56.5 Million to Settle Improper Marketing ProbeShire to Pay USD 56.5 Million to Settle Improper Marketing Probe
Shire Plc has agreed to pay $56.5 million to resolve allegations of making false claims in the marketing of its attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drug Adderall XR and other medicines, the U.S. Justice Department said. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - September 25, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Pharmacist News Source Type: news
More Evidence That ADHD Drugs Don't Curb Ultimate Height
Some earlier research hinted that Ritalin and Adderall can hamper a child's growth. But a study of adults who took the drugs as kids now suggests any such effect is only temporary.» E-Mail This (Source: NPR Health and Science)
Source: NPR Health and Science - September 1, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Katherine Hobson Source Type: news
Prescribing some criminological theory: an examination of the illicit use of prescription stimulants among college students - Maahs JR, Weidner RR, Smith R.
Recent evidence indicates that the illicit use of prescription stimulants such as Adderall and Ritalin is common across college campuses and in professions (e.g., trucking) where staying awake and focused is valued. Existing research has established use pa... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - August 30, 2014 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
Many Teenagers Unaware That Adderall Is an Amphetamine
Discordant responses common; 28.7 percent who reported Adderall use reported no amphetamine use (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Psychiatry - July 14, 2014 Category: Psychiatry Tags: Family Medicine, Nursing, Pediatrics, Pharmacy, Psychiatry, Journal, Source Type: news
EU Regulators Okay ADHD Drug Similar to Adderall XREU Regulators Okay ADHD Drug Similar to Adderall XR
The risk for abuse and dependence can be adequately managed, a committee of the European Medicines Agency concluded. International Approvals (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - May 23, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Psychiatry News Source Type: news
Report: More Than 10,000 Toddlers Medicated For ADHD
BOSTON (CBS) — There are an alarming number of toddlers given medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, according to a published report.
More than 10,000 American two and three-year-olds are now being medicated for ADHD, according to data compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and first reported by the New York Times.
Experts say it’s not only appalling, it’s irresponsible.
“Developmentally, you’re supposed to be scattered and disorganized as a toddler,” Dr. Nancy Rappaport, a child psychiatrist at Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School,...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - May 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kckatzman Tags: Health Healthwatch Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen ADHD CBS Boston Dr. Mallika Marshall Dr. Nancy Rappaport Source Type: news
CDC Reports More Than 10K Toddlers Medicated For ADHD
BOSTON (CBS) — The Centers for Disease Control reports an alarming number of toddlers are given medication for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Experts say it’s not only appalling, it’s irresponsible.
Dr. Nancy Rappaport, a child psychiatrist at Cambridge Health Alliance and Harvard Medical School reacts to recent data from the CDC showing that more than 10,000 American two and three-year-olds are now being medicated for ADHD.
“Developmentally, you’re supposed to be scattered and disorganized as a toddler,” Rappaport says.
Rappaport has been diagnosing and treating children with...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - May 21, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Kckatzman Tags: Health Healthwatch Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen ADHD CBS Boston Dr. Mallika Marshall Dr. Nancy Rappaport Source Type: news
Another Treatment for ADHD?
Drugs are only one answer when treating ADHD ...read more (Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center)
Source: Psychology Today Parenting Center - May 20, 2014 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Naveed Saleh, M.D., M.S. Tags: Child Development Integrative Medicine Parenting Psychiatry ADD adderall aderall ADHD amphetamine behavioral therapy OMT osteopathic manipulative treatment stimulants Source Type: news
Thousands of Toddlers Are Medicated for A.D.H.D., Report Finds, Raising Worries
The practice draws concern, in part, because there has been little study on the use of A.D.H.D. drugs for children under 3. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - May 17, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: By ALAN SCHWARZ Tags: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Drugs (Pharmaceuticals) Adderall (Drug) Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Ritalin (Drug) Children and Childhood Source Type: news
