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Legal ADHD Speed - Becoming Drug Of Choice For Americans
By Evelyn Pringle (about the author) Page 4 of 4 page(s)
(5) A specific warning that the combination of depressive, obsessive-compulsive and stimulant ADRs poses a serious risk of dyscontrol or disinhibition with suicidal and/or violent behavior.
(6) A warning in the labels for amphetamine and methylphenidate products about persistent brain dysfunction and atrophy.
Information released by the FDA last month showed that between 1999 and 2003, seventy-eight million prescriptions were written for ADHD drugs in children ages 1 to 18, and more than 14 million prescriptions were written for adults.
During last month's hearings, Safety Drug committee member, Dr Steve Nissen, said he is certain the public is not aware of the risks. "If the current warnings were adequate we wouldn't have 2.5 million children and 1.5 million adults taking these drugs.
Evelyn Pringle
evelyn.pringle@sbcglobal.net
(Evelyn Pringle is a columnist for Independent Media TV and an investigative journalist focused on exposing corruption in government)
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