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New Casa Report Finds: Most Web Sites Selling Prescription Opioids, Stimulants and Depressants Require No Prescription
...Despite a decline in the number of Web sites advertising or selling controlled prescription drugs, like OxyContin and Valium, Xanax and Vicodin, and Ritalin and Adderall, in the past year, 85 percent of Web sites selling such drugs do not require a prescription, according to Youve Got Drugs! V: Prescription...
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Cardiac Screening Recommended for Kids Taking Stimulants for ADHD
...methylphenidates and dextroamphetamines. Some of the names under which these drugs are marketed include Adderall, Concerta, Dexedrine, Focalin, Ritalin, Ritalin SR or LA, and Metadate ER or CD. The new recommendations refer to all of these stimulants, as well as to a newer drug known as Strattera,...
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ADHD Drugs Help Boost Children's Grades
...old. Among these children, 277 boys and 93 girls were diagnosed with ADHD. The Mayo team found that treatment with prescription stimulants, such as Ritalin, was associated with improved long-term academic success of children with ADHD. Children taking stimulants usually began taking them in elementary...
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ADHD Drugs Linked to Sudden Death in Kids
...in the United States take ADHD stimulant medications, such as amphetamine, dextroamphetamine (Adderall), methamphetamine or methylphenidate (Ritalin), according to an editorial in the same issue. In the early 1990s, several reports of sudden, unexplained death in children taking these medications...
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ADHD Gene Doesn't Predict Response to Drugs
...was a blow for researchers, who have hoped to use genetic data to better predict who might be the best candidates for this treatment. Ritalin is one example of a methylphenidate. 'It is a negative study,' said Dr. Andrew Adesman, chief of developmental and behavioral pediatrics at Schneider...
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See also: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Narcolepsy

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