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ADHD drug abuse spikes during final exams, trends on Twitter
SALT LAKE CITY, May 2 (UPI) -- A growing number of college students abuse the attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder medication Adderall especially during final exams, U.S. researchers say.
Source: Health News - UPI.com - May 3, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Adderall abuse as finals study aid 'trending' on East Coast
(Brigham Young University) A growing number of college students are abusing the ADHD medication Adderall to give them an academic edge and they're tweeting about it. A six-month study tracking Adderall mentions on Twitter revealed two things: 1. It's mentioned most among students in the northeast and south. 2. Tweets about Adderall peak during final exam periods.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - May 1, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Why Not Just Put All the Kids on Medication?
The latest data from the CDC shows that 1 in 5 high school boys, and 1 in 10 high school girls, is now diagnosed with ADHD. But there are two clues in the data which have gone unnoticed: and those two clues may be the keys to helping you make sure that your kid isn't the next to be put on medication unnecessarily.read more
Source: Psychology Today Addiction Center - April 8, 2013 Category: Addiction Authors: Leonard Sax, M.D., Ph.D. Tags: Addiction Child Development Education Parenting adderall ADHD adolescence american consensus american kids attention deficit centers for disease control centers for disease control and prevention concerta conduct disorder dsm i Source Type: news
Is is safe to give stimulants to healthy children?
According to the federally funded Monitoring the Future Survey, about 5-6% of high school students are taking stimulant prescription drugs to study and do better on tests. Stimulants are drugs that are commonly prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), such as Ritalin and Adderall. When these drugs are taken by people who don't medically need them, they are referred to as neu....
Source: Sound Medicine - April 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sound Medicine Source Type: news
Teva Gets FDA Approval for Generic ADHD Drug
From Associated Press (February 14, 2013)
NEW YORK -- Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. said Thursday
that it received marketing approval for a generic version of Shire
PLC’s Adderall XR, a treatment for attention deficit
hyperactivity...
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - February 15, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Essential reading: NY Times on the dark side of Adderall and other prescription stimulants
A superb piece in this Sunday’s New York Times tells in gripping and heartbreaking detail how casual prescribing of Adderall and other stimulant drugs can lead to catastrophe. The article is structured like a Greek tragedy, with the reader — like the victim’s family — seeing where the narrative is leading but powerless to do anything to derail it.
The author, Alan Schwarz, lets us in on what to expect from the beginning:
The story of Richard Fee, an athletic, personal college class president and aspiring medical student, highlights widespread failing in the system through which five million Americans take ...
Source: The Poison Review - February 5, 2013 Category: Toxicology Authors: Leon Tags: Medical adder all ADHD alan schwarz attention deficit hyperactivity disorder new york times vyvanse Source Type: news
Caffeine and Other Stimulants That Cause Psychosis
I'm working on an article about the chemistry of Adderall, a mix of amphetamines commonly prescribed for ADHD and narcolepsy, and came across some interesting information relating to other stimulants. ...Read Full Post
Source: About.com Chemistry - January 28, 2013 Category: Chemistry Source Type: news
