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Recreational Ritalin Use
From ABCNEWS.com comes an article titled: "Recreational Ritalin - Kids Using Prescription Drug for Fun"
The article states that, "Authorities fear Ritalin is becoming increasingly popular as a recreational drug among teens and pre-teens."
According to the article, a "significant amount...
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Death By Ritalin
An April 16th Nando Media reports that a "medical examiner says years of using Ritalin, a drug used to treat hyperactive children, may have led to a 14-year-old boy's death."
The boy had collapsed at his home on March 21 as the result of a heart attack "likely caused by 10 years of taking Rital...
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Does Ritalin Cause Cancer in Children?
According to an article in the Los Angeles Times, Ritalin along with many other medications can cause cancer in animals. The question asked by parents is "if Ritalin causes cancer in mice, what studies have been done to show it does not cause cancer in children?"
The answer is that no research ...
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Does Using Ritalin Lead to Cocaine Use?
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Move Over Ritalin - Adderall is Twice as Potent
According to recent reports, the controversial drug Ritalin is beginning to be phased out of the marketplace in favor of a powerful blend of amphetamines known as Adderall.
Adderall is reported to be twice as potent as Ritalin (like crack is to cocaine?) and was originally marketed as an obesit...
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Ritalin as Last Resort?
Colorado Discourages ADHD Drugs - Educators Buck Treatment Trend
Jillian Lloyd, Christian Science Monitor - Colorado's education board is now urging schools to rely more on effective classroom discipline and less on medication for unruly kids, and the move has catapulted the state to the for...
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ADHD Drugs Outselling Antibiotics in Kids
By Michael Dorausch, D.C.
More Kids are on More Drugs.
It's the same news we reported on in January of 2003 and August of 2002. "According to new research, the number of American children being treated with psychiatric drugs (such as Ritalin) has tripled from 1987 to 1996 and is showing no s...
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More Over-prescribing of Ritalin Reported
We have reported previously about the number of children being prescribed ritalin that have not met any type of diagnostic criteria. We have also reported previously on the many articles siting overuse and abuse of stimulants such as ritalin.
From Fox News comes an article titled, "Controve...
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Push the Drugs or Go to Jail
YourHealthDaily reports today with an article titled: "Dilemma For Parents Who Are Told To Keep Child On Ritalin."
The article begins by stating that "like thousands of children, 7-year-old Kyle Carroll takes Ritalin for a diagnosis of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD."
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Maybe ADHD Isn't the Real Problem
Nicholas Regush of ABCNEWS.com reports that "Attention Deficit" may not be the real problem.
According to the Drug Enforcement Agency, prescriptions for methylpenidate, know as Ritalin, increased more than 60 percent between 1990 and 1996.
Misdirected Attention?
Between 1990 and 19...
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ADHD Drugs and Sudden Unexplained Death
By Michael Dorausch, DC
Adolescents taking stimulant medications such as Ritalin for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) could possibly be several times more likely to suffer sudden unexplained death when compared to children not taking such drugs, according to a r...
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ADHD Drugs Pose Serious Risk to Children
ICPA News
ADHD Drugs Pose Serious Risk to Children -- Chiropractic Recommended as Safer Approach A new study has found that drugs used to treat attention deficit disorders may put kids at risk for of sudden death. The study, in the American Journal of Psychiatry, found an association between s...
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Leaving for College
By Darrel Crain, DC
This week, my son John graduated from high school. There we sat in the stadium bleachers, my wife and I, crying, laughing, and feeling every shade of emotion in between. We were surrounded by hundreds of other proud parents, siblings, aunts, uncles and grandmothers of every ...
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The Drugging of U.S. Children Continues
By Michael Dorausch, D.C.
According to new research, the number of American children being treated with psychiatric drugs (such as Ritalin) has tripled from 1987 to 1996 and is showing no sign of slowing.
Psychiatric medications are now being prescribed to children and adolescents at nearl...
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Drugs, Drugs, and more Drugs
By Michael Dorausch, D.C.
Drugs around the world, if you don't think the world has an obsession with drugs, read some the articles linked below.
* News links often go fast as websites make more room for updated content. Your best approach is to get the links as soon as you can (check our s...
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