A new study suggests that children and teens who take stimulants like Ritalin for ADHD have an increased risk for sudden cardiac death, but the FDA says the study has major limitations and should not change the way the drugs are used.
There have long been concerns that the stimulants used to treat ADHD may increase the risk for sudden death in children with undiagnosed heart conditions.
The new research finds corroborating evidence for concern, although all agree that the risk of sudden cardiac death is very small.
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ADHD Stimulants and Sudden Cardiac Death
Researchers collected data on stimulant use among 564 children and teenagers who died unexpectedly of unknown causes and an equal number who died as passengers in auto accidents. Many of the unexplained deaths were later attributed to previously undiagnosed cardiac arrhythmias.
They concluded that the odds of using stimulant medication were six to seven times greater among the children who died suddenly of unexplained causes than among those who died in car crashes.
Ten children who died of unknown causes (just under 2%) took stimulants, compared to two children (0.4%) who died in auto accidents.
June 16th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
FOR YOUR OWN SAKES…STOP TAKING THE DRUGS..for every little ache and pain to having to rely on them to prop you up!! Stop believing the ads that ALWAYS tell you this drug can do this or that but NEVER tell you about the SIDE EFFECTS!!
ADHD is nothing more than outta control behaviour brought on by the additives and all those preservatives in the food we eat and drink!!
START READING THE LABELS AT THE SUPERMARKETS..FIND OUT WHATS IN YOUR FOOD! Stop buying crap to eat and feed your kids with GOOD wholesome food wherever you can! Your children will thank you for it!
June 16th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
People need to understand the REAL problem here. The problem with the BIG PHARMACEUTICAL Corporations is the fact that 100% of the drugs that they manufacture are not made of ANY natural occurring substance because they cannot patent ANY natural product, so, they manufacture Synthetic toxins that your body CANNOT metabolize and causes much more harm than good.
Get off the Big Pharma CRAP……IT IS KILLING YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 16th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
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June 27th, 2009 at 1:37 am
i suffer from adha, it is very real. the clinical test i had displayed on a monitor which neurotransmitters were firing at which rate. dopamine mainly controls the motorlobe of the brain which is responsible for skills development, as well as interests. ritalin, is not the traditional street drug speed rather a molecular compound known as menthylphenidate, which stimulates the hypothalamus which produces amino acids (amino acids are comples molicules the lock into receptor pores on the sides of your cells to serve different functions), two important amino acids are dopamine and seritonum. seritonum is a chemical which helps the brain know right from wrong. menthylphenidate increases the amount of acids thet are released. 2 known side effects are in males, more testostorome is released so they can become more aggressive. in women more estrogen is released so they become more depressed. this is counteracted by either tofinal or catipress. the same effects of ritalin can occur if you have too much coffee or any stimulant, even strenuous excercise.
i have delved into the depths of bio-chemistry and you have it in a nutshell, children do naturally release more chemicals because on average children are naturally more active, which was a study done in 2002 by dr traver parry at murdoch that demonstrates the simularities of effects between the chamicals in menthylphenidate and natural chemicals from better excercise and healty diet. so you will find that older children will be given a higher dosages. my only concern is that prolonged use of it can lead to more aggressive behaviour. this is where the catipress comes in, 6 months of catipress and i was off ritalin without side effects
i do believe that adah is over diagnosed, and i am aware of nearly 30 side effects, but that does not mean that it doesn’t exist, and that severe REAL cases should be treated, and it funny how people still “claim” there is no proof out there do some research, there is nearly 30 years research done on it not to mention i personally witnessed my results when i had clinical tests done, on average neurotransmitters fired slower in my motor lobe, frontal lobe, and temperal lobe, but normality in my optical lobe, the optical lobe doesn’t use dopamin as the main chemical to operate properly, and because of dopamine’s chemical makup i know that dopamine is a major conductor for neurotransmitter firing in the other 3 lobes. this is a topic i can’t be proven wrong on because i have too much research and evidence.