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ADHD Medications Don't Pose Cancer Risk
...effects of these medications and expand our analyses to include older patient populations.' The new study, which looked at methylphenidate (Ritalin LA and Concerta) and amphetamine (Adderall and Adderall XR), used a larger study sample and conditions that apply to a wider cross-section of children...
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ADHD Medications Do Not Cause Genetic Damage In Children
...in the study were divided into two groups and treated by a board-certified child psychiatrist with either methylphenidate (commercially available as Ritalin LA and Concerta) or with mixed amphetamine salts (Adderall and Adderall XR). Blood samples were taken before the medication was started to establish...
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Abuse of ADHD Drugs on the Rise
...them to concentrate and function more effectively. The drugs most often prescribed are mixed amphetamine salts (Adderall) and methylphenidate (Ritalin, Concerta), according to the study. The study also reports that next to marijuana, prescription medications are the most common drugs that teenagers...
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ADHD Might Raise Kids' Obesity Risk
...in the U.S. One would expect considerable overlap between the two conditions, even if they had little to do with one another,' Katz said. As for Ritalin and other medications used for ADHD, their association with weight is well-established, Katz said. 'The answer here is to identify root causes...
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Health Highlights: Aug. 15, 2008
...Teens Having Easier Time Getting Prescription Drugs It's easier to illegally obtain prescription drugs such as OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin or Ritalin than it is to get beer, say a growing number of American teens. Researchers at the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia...
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See also: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Narcolepsy

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