From the Ottawa Citizen:
Every child prescribed Ritalin or other ADHD drugs should first get heart tests to check for conditions that could put them at risk of sudden unexpected death, U.S. experts are recommending.
The drugs --among the most widely-prescribed pills to Canadian children -- can increase blood pressure and heart rate, side effects that could be dangerous for children with known heart problems or heart defects.
But some children can have undiagnosed heart conditions without showing any symptoms.
"They might get a little bit dizzy when they exercise or they might feel fluttering heartbeats or a near fainting spell that they don't bother to worry about," says Dr. Catherine Webb, professor of pediatrics at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago and chair of the council on cardiovascular disease in the young at the American Heart Association. ...more
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Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Scientists pop Ritalin to sharpen thinking
From the Calgary Herald:
One-fifth of the world's professional scientists and university science students have used "cognition-enhancing" prescription drugs to help them concentrate, according to a survey by a top research journal.
The most common of these "steroids for scientists" is the amphetamine Ritalin, says the journal Nature.
And while some officials at Canadian universities expressed surprise at the finding, others said the practice is well-known, usually using drugs to keep awake and alert.
A student diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, which is treated with Ritalin, can become very popular at exam time or when essays and lab work are due, they say. ...more
One-fifth of the world's professional scientists and university science students have used "cognition-enhancing" prescription drugs to help them concentrate, according to a survey by a top research journal.
The most common of these "steroids for scientists" is the amphetamine Ritalin, says the journal Nature.
And while some officials at Canadian universities expressed surprise at the finding, others said the practice is well-known, usually using drugs to keep awake and alert.
A student diagnosed with attention deficit disorder, which is treated with Ritalin, can become very popular at exam time or when essays and lab work are due, they say. ...more
Monday, June 04, 2007
More kids prescribed Ritalin after divorce
From MSNBC:
Children from broken marriages are twice as likely to be prescribed attention-deficit drugs as children whose parents stay together, a Canadian researcher said on Monday, and she said the reasons should be investigated.
More than 6 percent of 633 children from divorced families were prescribed Ritalin, compared with 3.3 percent of children whose parents stayed together, University of Alberta professor Lisa Strohschein reported in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The study of more than 4,700 children started in 1994, while all the families were intact, Strohschein said. They followed the children’s progress to see what happened to their families and to see what drugs were prescribed. ...more
Children from broken marriages are twice as likely to be prescribed attention-deficit drugs as children whose parents stay together, a Canadian researcher said on Monday, and she said the reasons should be investigated.
More than 6 percent of 633 children from divorced families were prescribed Ritalin, compared with 3.3 percent of children whose parents stayed together, University of Alberta professor Lisa Strohschein reported in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
The study of more than 4,700 children started in 1994, while all the families were intact, Strohschein said. They followed the children’s progress to see what happened to their families and to see what drugs were prescribed. ...more
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