POTTSTOWN, Pa., Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- An FDA advisory panel has voted for drug manufacturers of stimulants such as Ritalin to place prominent warnings on their labels, informing patients of potential risks. POTTSTOWN, Pa., Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- An FDA advisory panel has voted for drug manufacturers of...
WASHINGTON AFP — 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. "After only one dose of Ritalin, seniors walked with a steadier gait and...
A large majority of 365 Internet sites that advertise or sell controlled medications by mail are offering to supply the drugs without a proper prescription, according to a new study. The online trade is stoking the rising abuse of addictive and dangerous prescription drugs, the authors...
Despite a decline in the number of Web sitesadvertising or selling controlled prescription drugs, like OxyContin andValium, Xanax and Vicodin, and Ritalin and Adderall, in the past year, 85percent of Web sites selling such drugs do not require a prescription,according to "'You've Got Drugs!' V: Prescription Drug Pushers...
Spike TV, the cable channel best known for airing gritty sports events and repeats of syndicated crime dramas, is hoping to manufacture a comedy base with Factory. Spike's first original comedy series, premiering Sunday (10 ET/PT), focuses on four lifelong friends who live and work in...
Canadian researchers report that a gene variant that seems to affect the severity of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder did not help them predict which patients are likely to respond to a class of drugs widely used to treat the disorder. The lack of a connection between the variant and response...
Dyslogic syndrome; why millions of kids are 'hyper', attention-disordered, learning disabled, depressed, aggressive, defiant, or violent--and what we can do about it. Rimland, Bernard. Jessica Kingsley Pub. 2008 192 pages $24.95 Hardcover RJ506...
Brain-disabling treatments in psychiatry; drugs, electroshock, and the psychopharmaceutical complex. Breggin, Peter R. Springer Publishing Co. 2008 546 pages $52.95 Hardcover RC483 Psychiatrist Breggin offers scientific research on dangerous behavioral abnormalities...
Congenital heart defects are much more common in children with attention deficit-hyperactiviy disorder ADHD than in other children. Some studies have found 40% of children undergoing surgery for congenital heart defects are also diagnosed with ADHD. Stimulant drugs used to treat ADHD, such as Ritalin and Concerta,...
NEW YORK -- Children should be screened for heart problems with an electrocardiogram before getting drugs like Ritalin to treat hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder, the American Heart Association recommended Monday. Stimulant drugs can increase blood pressure and heart rate. For most children, that isn't a problem. But...
Shire, the FTSE 100 drug maker and the world's lar-gest producer of treatments for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD, said it was "perplexed" by a new recommendation that all children should be given a heart test before being allowed to take their drugs. The American Heart Association...
Millions of children taking drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder should be checked for heart problems, the American Heart Association said yesterday, a recommendation that also might identify more youngsters with cardiac disorders. Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta, and other stimulants commonly prescribed to treat ADHD can increase blood pressure and heart...
NEW YORK -- Children should be screened for heart problems with an electrocardiogram before getting drugs like Ritalin to treat hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder, the American Heart Association recommended Monday. Stimulant drugs can increase blood pressure and heart rate. For most children, that isn't a problem....
One in five respondents to a new survey acknowledges using so-called "cognition-enhancing drugs" -- such as ADHD and heart medications -- to stimulate their focus, concentration or memory. The most popular drug was Ritalin methylphenidate, which is prescribed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, but has emerged in recent years...
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ADHD may not be cancer, but it can be torture for children and their parents. The syndrome seems almost benign to outsiders; what's the big deal if a child is more restless or less attentive than his or her peers? In...
Within Big 12 basketball circles, Kansas is the enemy. It is the 50 conference title-having overdog. Goliath with a beak. Kansas is The Establishment - evil, dominating, heartless. For a few minutes every week, Brady Morningstar is the living embodiment of that evil. ...
Within Big 12 basketball circles, Kansas is the enemy. It is the 50 conference title-having overdog. Goliath with a beak. Kansas is The Establishment - evil, dominating, heartless. For a few minutes every week, Brady Morningstar is the living embodiment of that evil. ...
WHEN DID Britney Spears start acting strangely? When exactly did she start taking Ritalin for ADHD a drug the DEA classifies with cocaine? What other psychiatric drugs did she take, and when? This celebrity -- her wealth, her person and her mind -- is now under the total control of...
BACK IN the day, when Woody Allen was a scrawny, nebbish of a standup comic, he'd do a riff on his days as a summer camper. He'd recall the weekly softball game, the Bedwetters against the Nailbiters. Life imitates art. What were we watching from 1995 on, in major league...
:: ROAD SAFETY A skin patch designed to reduce drivers' risk of having a car accident is being tested on hyperactive youngsters. The patch, which contains the drug Ritalin, is supposed to improve the performance of teenage drivers by helping to calm them and by improving their...
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