I'm 40 and diagnosed with ADHD. I was given amphetamine 30 mg once in the morning. My concern is that I'm about 120 pounds and I have nothing wrong with the way I eat. This medication is known to cause weight loss. I'm also told it raises your heart rate, and I'm currently taking atenolol for my high heart rate. I'm feeling great mentally -- I'm able to pay attention and feeling like my old self, except I'm not sleeping very well with this medication. Your input would be very encouraging.
The Drug Enforcement Administration urged Americans on Saturday to turn in their old and unused prescription drugs as part of an effort by the agency to stop a rise in prescription drug abuse.
Inside the world of drift racing, which insiders call "road rage on Ritalin." CNN's Mike Ahlers reports.
I've received medical treatment for depression for approximately 10 years. Recently, single therapies haven't done the trick, so my doctor augmented my antidepressant with Abilify. Due to side effects, I went off that, and he prescribed lithium. I always associated lithium with bipolar disorder, which I don't have. Is lithium an approved therapy to augment an antidepressant? What other add-on therapies are possible?
After years of speculation and rare case reports, a study suggests that stimulant medication -- mostly used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- may have played a role in a handful of cases of sudden, unexplained death in children and adolescents.
I found out I have ADD in July. I started out on methylphenidate 5 mg but had violent nightmares and chest pain. I was then switched to bupropion SR 150 but it kept me awake most of the night. I am on Strattera 80 mg since October and I still don't feel like it is working. I can tell a difference if I don't take it but I'm still having concentration problems and forgetting things or losing things. If I try Adderall, will I have [the] same side effects as methylphenidate?
It was an unusually honest ad for a live-in nanny, a 1,000-word tome beginning, "My kids are a pain."
More older children are being diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while the rate is holding steady for children under 12
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta looks at links between kids with ADHD and heart problems.
Children should be screened for heart problems with an electrocardiogram before getting drugs like Ritalin to treat hyperactivity and attention-deficit disorder, the American Heart Association recommends
One in five respondents to a new survey in the journal Nature say they've used drugs to boost their brain power.
Arizona Diamondbacks righthander Curt Schilling thinks twice before giving a teammate the traditional slap on the butt for a job well-done. "I'll pat guys on the ass, and they'll look at me and go, 'Don't hit me there, man. It hurts,'" Schilling says. "That's because that's where they shoot the steroid needles."
A new study finds that the brains of kids with ADHD mature more slowly than average. The question is, do they catch up?
As a species, we've hit the bedtime barrier. You can eat at your desk, socialize in the break room, and answer text messages on a date, but sooner or later, you're going to have to sleep.
The prescription drugs allegedly found in Al Gore III's possession this week are favorites among young people, according to drug abuse experts, who say prescription drugs may soon overtake street drugs in popularity.
SI.com: Fear the Warriors updated: Tue May 08 2007 09:17:00
Of the eight teams still playing, the Warriors are the most frightening. Not because of the abundant ink blotches that crawl up the arms and neck of forward Matt Barnes like a fungus, or because their gold-T-shirted fans in full throat are as intimidating as an Oakland Raiders crowd from the early 1980s, or because thespian wild man Woody Harrelson, a close friend of coach Don Nelson, has become one of Golden State's WE BELIEVE faithful.
Parents are the anti-drug. You may have heard that tag line from a public service campaign. But it turns out kids may be a pretty effective anti-drug, too. That is the premise, anyway, behind the award-winning ATHENA and ATLAS programs -- which target teens participating on sports teams.
It's early on a Saturday night and Lewis Alston is taking song requests at 99X, a radio station in Atlanta, Georgia. Alston and his on-air partner will trade barbs and man the audio board until midnight. It's a perfect job, says Alston. "I wear many hats and that suits me because I am all over the map."
SI.com: Beans Baggedupdated: Thu Jan 11 2007 01:18:00
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A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee has recommended that the strongest possible safety labels, or "black box" warnings, be added to medicines used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, after reports that 25 patient deaths may be linked to their use.
Do ADHD drugs cause heart attacks in children?
A new treatment for hyperactive kids, one that uses a skin patch instead of a pill, is meeting resistance with regulators.
A new treatment for hyperactive kids could come in the form of a skin patch, not a pill.
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- A Food and Drug Administration panel said Thursday the agency should move forward with plans to rewrite labels for Concerta, Ritalin and other drugs widely used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder to more clearly warn of the possibility of hallucinations and suicidal tendencies in patients taking the drugs.
Drug recallupdated: Tue May 24 2005 18:14:00
ABLE Laboratories may not be a household name, but you'll find its generic drugs in households all over the United States.
Invest for the long term. That's what everybody always says we all should do. But if it's such a great idea, how come nobody seems to do it? According to Morningstar, the average U.S. mutual fund s...
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