ADHD Drugs Don't Help Children Long Term
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AHDH BS
MENTAL ILLNESS IS FRAUD ITS NOT PROVABLE THROUGH SCIENCE IN ANY WAY THERE ARE NO BRAIN SCANS OR BLOOD TESTS T5O PROVE ANY MENTAL ILLNESS IS REAL .I LIVED THERE SYSTEM 6 THOUSAND PILLS AND 10 YEARS LATER I NOW KNOW I WAS A SLAVE TO THESE COLLAGE PROFESSIONALS STUDIED THERE WHO LIFE TO BE THE DEALER FOR THE DRUG COMPANIES. LETS SAY I'M WRONG WHAT SHOULD I THINK ABOUT THIS
1. Miles White - Abbott - $33.4M
2. Fred Hassan - Schering-Plough - $30.1M
3. Bill Weldon - Johnson & Johnson - $25.1M
4. Bob Essner - Wyeth - $24.1M
5. Robert Parkinson - Baxter - $17.6M
6. Daniel Vasella - Novartis - $15.5M
7. Richard Clark - Merck - $14.5M
8. Frank Baldino - Cephalon - $13.5M
9. Sidney Taurel - Eli Lilly - $13M
10. Jeff Kindler - Pfizer - $12.6M
11. Jim Cornelius - Bristol-Myers Squibb - $11.3
12. Franz Humer - Roche - $11.1M
13. Robert Coury - Mylan - $8.5M
14. Jean-Pierre Garnier - GlaxoSmithKline - $6M
15. Werner Wenning - Bayer - $4.77M
16. David Brennan - AstraZeneca - $4.3M
17. Gerard Le Fur - Sanofi-Aventis - $3.27M
THE CEO PAY AKA DRUG DEALER KING PIN
FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS KIDS DID JUST FINE WITH PHYSICAL DISCIPLINE
YOU WEAK PARENTS NEED TO SMACK YOUR KID WHEN HE IS OUT OF CONTROL THATS HOW DOGS LEARN.
DON'T KILL YOUR KIDS FUTURE BECAUSE THE WANT THEIR MILLIONS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Betsy Davenport
Ms. Davenport-
Your spectacle analogy is one of the more asinine comments about ADHD I have ever read. Do spectacles contain methylphenidate? You need some type reality medication, and possibly a stint in detention for pushing lethal drugs in a "No drug school zone."
Best Interest
Yes, it is a child's best interest to ingest Schedule II stimilant narcotics. Do not even bother to research the long term ramifications of such usage.
Nobody can take these drugs forever. Other methods of management must be implemeted.
Funny how gina Pera mentions ego, since her grandiose bombast plagues cyberspace forums. This coming from someone who does not KNOW what it is like living with ADHD. Quite pathetic. Her ruse is slowly coming to an end.
Amazed as well
that the media is manipulated by pro medication zealots who do not have any scientific evidence to promote their criminal drugging of children. Shame on you!!!
RITALIN
I REALLY HAD A GUT FEELING ABOUT THE USE OF RITALIN. IT DID SEEM TO WORK AT THE TIME, BUT OVER THE LONG TERM IT SEEMED TO MAKE MY SON MORE IRRITABLE. THAT AND THE FACT THAT IT STUNTS GROWTH MADE ME THINK THAT IT WOULD BE BETTER FOR MY SON IF HE JUST DIDN'T WITHOUT THIS DRUG.
SOMETIMES PSYCHIATRISTS ARE ALL TOO QUICK TO PRESCRIBE RITALEN WITHOUT GOOD BEHAVIORAL INTERVENTIONS.
Change the diet to cure ADD, ADHD
Take away all preservatives, food colorings and artificial food additives from your child's diet. See dramatic results. Scientific studies done in European countries positively made the connection between food and ADD, ADHD. Now most of the chemicals that are positively associated with this disorder are BANNED in the E. U. Why doesn't the US do this? $$$$$! The Pharmaceutical and medical industries are raking in huge profits from the suffering of children and adults who choose the magic pill instead of altering their lifestyles. Choose carefully.
Long Term Effects
Lots of great information and comments so far on this topic. Do we know the 10, 20, and beyond benefits or side effects yet?
I understand that it is a quick fix but everyone is looking for data. I think that if we are able to use other applications like the behavior therapy, neurologically based therapies, and brain type activities to appropriately stimulate the mind...would in the long term be better for the children.
Thanks for your insight.
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Don't do a Disservice to your Children
I am the mother of a student with ADD who is at one of the top 50 universities in America. My son would not be there and getting As and Bs without ADDERAL Extended Release. There is a reason why thousands and thousands of college students break the law to get a hold of Adderall to help them focus during exams study times and for term papers. A recent study of professors at Oxford University in England highlighted that many professors there take stimulants to help them focus. Folks, it works, and you are doing a great disservice to your children if they need ADHD medicine and you deny them this wonder drug. However, it can cause sudden death in a miniscule handful, so getting your children checked out by a cardiologist will bring you peace of mind.
How about this?
Ms. Shute, it appears from your photograph that you wear spectacles. I assume this is not a recent change because the photograph looks, well, not-new. I also assume they help you to see - in one way or another - as in, at short or long distances. Or, perhaps, like me, you have needed glasses to help you see ever since childhood.
In the second grade I was found to have a problem in seeing, and glasses helped me, a lot. I mean, completely. I did break them a lot going down hills on a fast sled, and the prescription needed changing frequently as I grew and changed.
I got to be about thirteen and a little vain about my appearance and decided not to wear them. You know what? Those glasses did me no good whatsoever! After six years, there was no improvement in my ability to see what I needed to see.
Now, your turn. Do your glasses help you when you take them off? At night, if you get up for something, do you put them on right away? Why? Why not?
In the morning, do you put them on as you get out of bed, or when you look at the newspaper, or when you get in your car? WHAT FOR? I’d be looking around for someone’s scientific study to blame if I were you. Unless you know of anyone’s kid who might be harmed by any assertion that glasses should not be prescribed for children, because you think they need to *learn* to see.
