Researchers urge caution in prescribing commonly used drug to treat ADHD
(Wiley) Authors of new Cochrane Review remain uncertain about effect of widely used medicine on ADHD symptoms, despite large amount of research. Some evidence of increased sleeplessness and loss of appetite leads researchers to encourage more caution in use of methylphenidate. (Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science)
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - November 24, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
ADHD Medications Linked to Sleep Problems in Kids
Review of studies finds drugs like Ritalin, Adderall may create sleep woes for some (Source: WebMD Health)
Source: WebMD Health - November 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ADHD Medications Linked to Sleep Problems in Kids
Review of studies finds drugs like Ritalin, Adderall may create sleep woes for some
Source: HealthDay
Related MedlinePlus Pages: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Medicines and Children, Sleep Disorders (Source: MedlinePlus Health News)
Source: MedlinePlus Health News - November 23, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
ADHD Meds - A Prescription for Bullying?
Kids and teens who take medications like Ritalin to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are twice as likely to be physically or emotionally bullied by peers than those who don't have ADHD, a new University of Michigan study found. (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - November 22, 2015 Category: Disability Tags: Pharmaceutical - Drug Information Source Type: news
Methylphenidate intoxications in children and adults: exposure circumstances and evidence-based dose threshold for pre-hospital triage - Hondebrink L, Rietjens SJ, Hunault CC, Pereira RR, Kelleci N, Yasar G, Ghebreslasie A, Lo-A-Foe C, Vries ID, Meulenbelt J.
Context. Methylphenidate intoxications mostly have a relatively mild course, although serious complications can occur. OBJECTIVE. We aimed to characterize methylphenidate exposures and reassess our current dose threshold for hospital referral (2 mg... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 21, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news
ADHD meds may be a prescription for bullying
Kids and teens who take medications like Ritalin to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are twice as likely to be physically or emotionally bullied by peers than those who don't have ADHD. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - November 20, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Why Are So Many College and High School Kids Abusing Adderall
During the past 15 years, there has been a remarkable transformation in the drug trade. It used to be dominated by the illegal drug cartels. Now it it is dominated by the legal drug companies. The most dangerous legal drugs are the prescription opioids, now responsible for twice as many deaths as street drugs and also for a secondary epidemic of heroin addiction. The next most dangerous legal drugs are Xanax and other short acting benzodiazepines that potentiate overdoses, cause severe addiction, raise the risk of falls, and worsen cognitive problems. ADHD meds are the most dangerous legal drugs among young people in...
Source: Science - The Huffington Post - November 9, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Talk Therapy Alone for ADHD Doesn't Cut It (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Adding methylphenidate to group or individual counseling led to better outcomes (Source: MedPage Today Neurology)
Source: MedPage Today Neurology - November 5, 2015 Category: Neurology Source Type: news
Endurance expert: Drugs could help 'lazy' people exercise
(University of Kent) Together with lack of time, physical exertion is one of the main perceived barriers to exercise. This is not surprising because humans evolved to be 'lazy', i.e. to conserve energy. Professor Samuele Marcora suggests that reducing perception of effort during exercise using caffeine or other psychoactive drugs (e.g. methylphenidate and modafinil) could help many people stick to their fitness plans. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - November 3, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Kolowski Chiropractic Announces Community Workshop Discussing Concerns...
The Drug Enforcement Administration classifies ADHD drugs like Ritalin, Adderall, and Concerta the same as Cocaine, Methadone, and Methamphetamine (Speed). Find out if these are safe, necessary, and...(PRWeb October 21, 2015)Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2015/10/prweb13031941.htm (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - October 21, 2015 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Computer Training May Improve Memory For Childhood Cancer Survivors
(Reuters Health) – Children who receive cancer treatments may suffer thinking problems later, but using an at-home computer training program can help reduce these deficits, according to a new study. “This is the only computerized training so far in childhood cancer survivors,” said lead author Heather M. Conklin of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. The study included 68 survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), a blood cancer, or brain tumors, who had all survived at least one year after their cancer treatment ended. All of the children had thinking or memory ...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - October 13, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Aptensio XR (Methylphenidate Hydrochloride Extended-release Capsules ) - updated on RxList
(Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs)
Source: RxList - New and Updated Drug Monographs - September 28, 2015 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Thousands of children are being medicated for ADHD – when the condition may not even exist
Most epidemics are the result of a contagious disease. ADHD – Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder – is not contagious, and it may not even be a genuine malady, but it has acquired the characteristics of an epidemic. New data has revealed that UK prescriptions for Ritalin and other similar ADHD medications have more than doubled in the last decade, from 359,100 in 2004 to 922,200 last year. In America, the disorder is now the second most frequent long-term diagnosis made in children, narrowly trailing asthma. It generates pharmaceutical sales worth $9bn (£5.7bn) per year. Yet clinical proof of ADHD as a genuine il...
Source: The Independent - Science - September 20, 2015 Category: Science Tags: Science Source Type: news
Deviant patterns of methylphenidate use in adults: a Danish nationwide registry-based drug utilization study - Rasmussen L, Zoëga H, Hallas J, Pottegård A.
PURPOSE: Several survey studies have documented misuse of methylphenidate defined as the use of non-prescribed methylphenidate or use different from what was prescribed. We aimed to identify and characterize adults with deviant patterns of methylphenidate ... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - September 1, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Ritalin use soars as prescriptions reach 1m a year
Experts are concerned that children are being wrongly given the drugs after being misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - August 17, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
