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April 22, 2008, 3:48 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Ozzie
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ADHD Medication
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I heard on the news the other night that medication used for children with ADHD can by harmful because these children can have increased incidences of heart attacks and other heart problems. One medication that was mentioned is Ridalin. (I'm not sure about the spelling) Now it is being recommended that children with ADHD receive a heart test whether or not they are on medication.
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April 22, 2008, 6:05 pm
Flag as Inappropriate Picofhlth says...
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Over prescription of Ritalin has been a bee in my bonnet so to speak since my children started school. We lived in a low rent district of a small town. In the building I was in and the one next door all the children living there were on Ritalin except for mine who were being home school and had they been in the school system there we would have been pressured by the school board to take it as well. There are children who benefit from medical intervention of that kind but not that many. Most of these kids needed a little more parental attention and maybe a little more attention from their teachers not drugs.
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April 23, 2008, 10:01 am
Flag as Inappropriate Kathy22 says...
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Most ADHD medications are stimulant based, such as ritalin, which is a contributing factor to incidents of heart problems. If a child has an underlying heart defect, stimulants can definitely trigger episodes of palpitations, arrhytmias or worse.
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April 23, 2008, 3:50 pm
Flag as Inappropriate KaraW says...
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I'm all for heart checks if a child is on an ADHD medicine. Though I'd rather see other methods of treatment and diagnosis explored. I have personally known two children who were dx as ADHD, only to later find out they actually had sleep apnea and were chronically sleep deprived.
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April 24, 2008, 11:19 am
Flag as Inappropriate hect says...
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Kara that sounds awful. I have a nephew that was on Ritalin and he just calmed down in his teen years but when he was a child he was bouncing off the walls more than w/o it.
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