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1. High Doses of ADHD Meds Could Trigger Psychosis

Author

Thompson, Dennis

Subjects
Drug therapy, Complications and side effects, Development and progression, Risk factors, Dosage and administration, Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Drug therapy, Psychotic disorders -- Risk factors -- Development and progression, Central nervous system stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Drug therapy, Psychoses -- Risk factors -- Development and progression
Published
2024

2. For Folks Without the Condition, Taking ADHD Meds to Get 'Smarter' Could Backfire

Author

Thompson, Dennis

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Cognitive appraisal -- Analysis, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Risk factors -- Prevention, Health
Abstract

Byline: Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, June 14, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- So-called â[euro]oesmart drugsâ[euro] meant to enhance brain performance are more likely to leave users ineffectually spinning in place, [...]

Published
2023

3. Treating children with ADHD

Author

Ganem, Jennifer A.

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Behavior therapy -- Health aspects, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Care and treatment -- Diagnosis -- Complications and side effects, Health
Abstract

Parents who are reluctant to approve medical treatment for their children ith attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) can be reassured by being given information about the effectiveness of stimulant and nonstimulant gents, [...]

Published
2008

4. 3H ADHD/narcolepsy

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Narcolepsy -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Health, Provigil (Medication) -- Complications and side effects -- Dosage and administration, Strattera (Medication) -- Complications and side effects -- Dosage and administration, Focalin (Medication) -- Complications and side effects -- Dosage and administration, Metadate CD (Medication) -- Complications and side effects -- Dosage and administration, Concerta (Medication) -- Complications and side effects -- Dosage and administration, Daytrana (Medication) -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Xyrem (Medication) -- Complications and side effects -- Dosage and administration, Adderall XR (Medication) -- Complications and side effects -- Dosage and administration, Methylin (Medication) -- Complications and side effects -- Dosage and administration, Ritalin (Medication) -- Complications and side effects -- Dosage and administration, Vynanse (Medication) -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects
Abstract

PRESCRIBING NOTES Narcolepsy, Shift work sleep disorder, Sleep apnea Modafinil is a selective, nonamphetamine wakefulness-promoting agent. It reduces excessive daytime sleepiness seen in narcolepsy without inducing anxiety or physical symptoms [...]

Published
2007

5. 3H ADHD/narcolepsy

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Narcolepsy -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Health
Abstract

PRESCRIBING NOTES Narcolepsy, Shift work sleep disorder, Sleep apnea Modafinil is a selective non-amphetamine wakefulness-promoting agent. It reduces excessive daytime sleepiness seen in narcolepsy without inducing anxiety or physical symptoms [...]

Published
2007

6. 3H ADHD/narcolepsy

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Sleep disorders -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Health
Abstract

PRESCRIBING NOTES Narcolepsy, Shift work sleep disorder, Sleep apnea Modafinil is a selective, non-amphetamine wakefulness-promoting agent. It reduces excessive daytime sleepiness seen in narcolepsy without inducing anxiety or physical symptoms [...]

Published
2007

7. 3H ADHD/narcolepsy

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Narcolepsy -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Health
Abstract

PRESCRIBING NOTES Narcolepsy, Shift work sleep disorder, Sleep apnea Modafinil is a selective, non. amphetamine wakefulness-promoting agent. It reduces excessive daytime sleepiness seen in narcolepsy without inducing anxiety or physical [...]

Published
2007

8. 3H ADHD/narcolepsy

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Narcolepsy -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Health
Abstract

PRESCRIBING NOTES Narcolepsy, Shift work sleep disorder, Sleep apnea Modafinil is a selective, non-amphetamine wakefulness-promoting agent. It reduces excessive daytime sleepiness seen in narcolepsy without inducing anxiety or physical symptoms [...]

Published
2006

9. Where do we go from here?

Author

Ezeani-Antwi, Rose and Vlasak, Erin

Subjects
Hyperactive children -- Care and treatment -- Social aspects, Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Social aspects -- Care and treatment, Consumer news and advice, Education, Family and marriage, Health
Abstract

ADHD is a chronic condition that requires ongoing management and monitoring. Treatment and management of the symptoms seen in children and adults with ADHD can be managed with psychological, behavioral [...]

Published
2012

10. Prescription stimulants: when used as prescribed, prescription stimulants are safe drugs that help millions of teens. But abusing them is dangerous and can be addictive

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Drug abuse -- Prevention, Education, Science and technology
Abstract

The most recent Monitoring the Future survey shows a disturbing fact: Prescription stimulants such as Adderall® and Ritalin® are two of the drugs most frequently abused by high school seniors, [...]

Published
2011

11. Study finds link between stimulants and sudden unexplained death in young people

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Sudden death -- Risk factors -- Prevention -- Complications and side effects, Traffic accidents -- Health aspects, Teenagers -- Health aspects, Youth -- Health aspects, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, Health, Psychology and mental health
Abstract

* Using a matched case-control design, investigators examined mortality data from 1985-1996, comparing 564 cases of sudden death in young people (ages 7 to 19) with 564 cases of young people dying as passengers in a motor vehicle accident. * In 10 (1.8%) of the sudden unexplained deaths, it was determined that the young person was taking stimulants, specifically methylphenidate. Use of stimulants was found in only 2 (0.4%) of the motor vehicle accident cases. * The case-controlled study provides support for an association between sudden unexplained death in young people and stimulant use., A case-control study comparing 564 cases of sudden death in young people (ages 7-19) to young people dying as passengers in motor vehicle accidents found an association between the use [...]

Published
2009

12. 3A insomnia

Subjects
Insomnia -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Health
Abstract

PRESCRIBING NOTES For Restless Legs Syndrome see Section 3I. Drugs that can contribute to insomnia include amphetamines (eg, dexamphetamine), quinolone antibiotics (eg, ciprofloxacin), antidepressants (eg, paroxetine), sympathomimetics (eg, pseudoephedrine), bronchodilators [...]

Published
2009

13. 3A Insomnia

Subjects
Insomnia -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Health
Abstract

PRESCRIBING NOTES For Restless Legs Syndrome see Section 3I. Drugs that can contribute to insomnia include amphetamines (eg, dexamphetamine), quinolone antibiotics (eg, ciprofloxacin), antidepressants (eg, paroxetine), sympathomimetics (eg, pseudoephedrine), bronchodilators [...]

Published
2009

14. 3A Insomnia

Subjects
Insomnia -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Health
Abstract

PRESCRIBING NOTES For Restless Legs Syndrome see Section 3I. Drugs that can contribute to insomnia include amphetamines (eg, dexamphetamine), quinolone antibiotics (eg, ciprofloxacin), antidepressants (eg, paroxetine), sympathomimetics (eg, pseudoephedrine), bronchodilators [...]

Published
2009

15. Management of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Author

Verma, Rohit, Balhara, Yatan, and Mathur, Shachi

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Child psychiatry -- Research, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment, Health
Abstract

Byline: Rohit. Verma, Yatan. Balhara, Shachi. Mathur Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD/ADD) is a neurobehavioral disorder of childhood onset characterized by severe, developmentally inappropriate motor hyperactivity, inattention, and impulsiveness that result [...]

Published
2011

16. Brain Gain

Author

Talbot, Margaret

Subjects
Company business management, Mental fatigue -- Prevention -- Complications and side effects, College students -- Drug use -- Psychological aspects, Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Mental efficiency -- Management -- Psychological aspects, Work -- Psychological aspects
Abstract

A young man I'll call Alex recently graduated from Harvard. As a history major, Alex wrote about a dozen papers a semester. He also ran a student organization, for which [...]

Published
2009

17. Methylphenidate immediate release (IR)(generic)

Subjects
Methylphenidate -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Methylphenidate hydrochloride -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Pharmaceuticals and cosmetics industries, Health, Psychology and mental health, Drug therapy, Complications and side effects, Dosage and administration
Abstract

* Other brand versions of methylphenidate include Metadate ER, Metadate CD, Methylin ER, Methylin Chewable Tablets, and Concerta. These formulations have unique prescribing information. Classification: Central nervous system stimulant. Common [...]

Published
2009

18. Calming stimulants: the paradox of ADHD

Author

Paczkowski, Christine

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Complications and side effects -- Drug therapy -- Care and treatment -- Risk factors, Sleep disorders -- Risk factors -- Care and treatment -- Complications and side effects -- Drug therapy, Health, Health care industry, Psychology and mental health
Abstract

Issue Hyperactivity in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is paradoxically resolved with stimulant medication. Action Pharmacological and behavioral data in ADHD suggest sleep circuits may play an integral role in the [...]

Published
2007

19. Researchers look at links between ADHD, stimulant medications and SUDs

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Drug therapy -- Reports -- Prognosis, Substance abuse -- Risk factors -- Demographic aspects, Government, Health, Psychology and mental health
Abstract

The connection between attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the stimulant medications used to treat it, and substance use disorders (SUDs) was spotlighted by a recent report of an increase in [...]

Published
2013

20. ADHD Medications Won't Stunt Kids' Growth, Study Finds; Research suggests that stimulant drugs don't affect adult height

Author

Reinberg, Steven

Subjects
Mentally disabled children -- Growth, Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Company growth, Health
Abstract

Byline: Steven Reinberg, HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 2, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Stimulant medications -- such as Adderall, Ritalin and Concerta -- used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, [...]

Published
2014

21. Users report unwanted effects from mephedrone

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

Prior to being classified as a class B drug, mephedrone (street name 'meow meow') was commonly used by school and college students, who found it easy to obtain. Mephedrone is [...]

Published
2010

22. Panel Advises Disclosure Of Drugs' Psychotic Effects

Author

Harris, Gardiner

Subjects
Concerta (Medication) -- Complications and side effects -- Dosage and administration, Adderall XR (Medication) -- Complications and side effects -- Dosage and administration, Ritalin (Medication) -- Complications and side effects -- Dosage and administration, Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Hallucinations and illusions -- Complications and side effects -- Drug therapy, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Psychoses -- Causes of -- Complications and side effects -- Drug therapy
Abstract

Stimulants like Ritalin lead a small number of children to suffer hallucinations that usually feature insects, snakes or worms, according to federal drug officials, and a panel of experts said […]

Published
2006

23. Heads up real news: about drugs and your body

Author

Volkow, Nora D.

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Drugs and youth -- Prevention, Education, Science and technology
Abstract

Dear Teacher: The final installment of this year's Heads Up series focuses on prescription stimulants and why abusing them is dangerous. When taken as prescribed by a doctor, prescription stimulants [...]

Published
2011

24. What do you know about prescription stimulants?

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Medication abuse -- Influence, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

Answer the questions below to find out what you learned about prescription stimulants. 1. Prescription stimulants and cocaine are from the same class of drugs. (A) True (B) False 2. [...]

Published
2011

25. Give teens with ADHD control, gain compliance: patients should feel that they are respected and are equal partners with their doctors about medications

Author

Lowry, Fran

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Care and treatment -- Complications and side effects, Health, Health care industry
Abstract

ATLANTA -- Adolescents with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder need to be listened to by their physicians and given a sense of being in control of their lives and their therapy, Dr. [...]

Published
2006

26. University of Maryland Publishes Research in Science

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Medication abuse -- Risk factors -- Research, Health, Science and technology
Abstract

New research, 'Nonmedical prescription stimulant use among college students: why we need to do something and what we need to do,' is the subject of a report. According to the [...]

Published
2011

27. Stimulant use severity is a robust predictor of drug use outcomes

Subjects
Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Mandatory drug testing -- Usage -- Health aspects -- Methods, Methadone maintenance -- Methods -- Health aspects -- Usage, Drug abuse -- Diagnosis -- Care and treatment -- Patient outcomes -- Complications and side effects, Health, Psychology and mental health
Abstract

Intake urine test results are a useful marker of drug use severity in stimulant users, concludes research published recently in the American Journal of Drug & Alcohol Abuse. Researcher Jessica [...]

Published
2009

28. Pemoline (generic) ~ Cylert (brand)

Subjects
Cylert (Medication) -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Pemoline -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Stimulants -- Dosage and administration -- Complications and side effects, Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder -- Drug therapy -- Complications and side effects, Family and marriage, Health, Psychology and mental health, Drug therapy, Complications and side effects, Dosage and administration
Abstract

Classification: Central nervous system stimulant. Common Usage: Pemoline is indicated for the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It is also sometimes prescribed for excessive daytime sleepiness (narcolepsy) in adults. Due [...]

Published
2003

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