Adderall

Time to Prescribe the Right Cure

The Miami Hurricane | Posted 05.22.2012

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Although prescription drugs are harmful, they do have a purpose for people who have a reason to take them. This does not include taking Adderall to study for a test. Too much of anything is bad, even if it comes with a prescription.

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'Dr. Feelgood' Is Responsible For 3 Overdose Deaths, Say Authorities

AP | LINDA DEUTSCH and GREG RISLING | Posted 05.02.2012

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LOS ANGELES — The prosecutor who took the rare step of charging a doctor with murder in the prescription drug overdose deaths of three patients ...

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Maybe Private School Is Cheaper Than Ritalin

Holly Robinson | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Montessori, Mental Health, Adhd, Boys, Parenting, Hyperactivity, Adderall, Education, Stimulants, Psychotropic Medications, Add, School Adjustment, Charter Schools, Private Schools, School Choice, Ritalin, Child Psychiatry, Education News

Your child needs to be learning in a place that will support his strengths rather than view him as a problem. For children who are bright or anxious, active or inattentive, simply changing how and where they learn can make all the difference.

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WATCH: This Is Your Brain On ADHD

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 12.30.2011

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Are more kids showing symptoms of ADHD? Or have they always had the disorder, but now more and more kids are being appropriately diagnosed?

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ADHD Medications: Safe For Your Heart?

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 12.13.2011

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Between 2001 and 2010, use of medications for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder increased more rapidly among adults than kids. With more than 1...

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Does America Really Have a Problem With Adderall Abuse?

Lawrence Diller, M.D. | Posted 01.22.2012

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America's challenge with Adderall is not unlike the much more public debate over the prescription opiates like Oxycontin and Vicodin.

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A Prescription For America's ADHD Epidemic

Lawrence Diller, M.D. | Posted 12.13.2011

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The United States of Adderall will continue at least into the near future until our values change substantially or, more ominously, we experience some social catastrophe from the adult use of these drugs.

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Adderall: The New Red Bull for Teens

Deepika Bodapati | Posted 12.03.2011

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I have seen the fiercest of debaters pop a pill before a round to "get in the zone." I have seen a D student down a pill with a quick swig of water before a Spanish quiz. I, myself, have been offered the pill multiple times during finals week.

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What Could -- And Couldn't -- Be Causing America's ADHD Epidemic

Lawrence Diller, M.D. | Posted 01.11.2012

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I believe epidemic a fair description for a drug that has multiplied in use ten-fold from 1996 to 2009, according to the Drug Enforcement Administration.

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The Ritalin Wars: Understanding America's Adderall Obsession

Lawrence Diller, M.D. | Posted 11.19.2011

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Children with extreme degrees of impulsivity, distractibility and hyperactivity are easy to diagnose with ADHD. However because these behaviors vary (from none to many) in a bell shaped distribution curve, most of ADHD diagnosed in this country is of the mild variety.

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How Beneficial Are ADHD Medications Really?

Art Markman, Ph.D. | Posted 11.08.2011

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Starting about 10 years ago, there was an uptick in rumors about students who were buying medications normally used to treat ADHD to help them study. Do these drugs make you smarter?

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CU Student Dead After Drinking With Friend

Posted 11.07.2011

The Boulder County Coroner’s Office confirms that Michael Hoffman, a 21-year-old student at the University of Colorado at Boulder, died last month d...

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Faking It: Nearly 1 in 4 Adults Seeking Treatment Don't Actually Have ADHD

healthland.time.com | Posted 06.28.2011

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Why would someone fake a psychological disorder? In a word, Adderall....

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A Burrito, a Power Nap, and Some Adderall

Justin Cox | Posted 05.25.2011

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This is a story about a $3 burrito, an Adderall pill and a realization I had one year later.

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Park Slope Adderall Ring Busted

Gothamist | Ben Yakas in News on January 5, 2011 11:50 AM | Posted 05.25.2011

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Over the holidays, feds busted a Park Slope Adderall-trafficking ring, arresting at least one of the people who allegedly sold thousands of pills onli...

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The Tincture of Time and Talk: Helping Ailing College Students Develop an Emotional Sense of Direction

SaraKay Smullens | Posted 05.25.2011

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Emotional health challenges on college campuses today are overwhelming. What is going on? And what can we do about it?

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More Teens Receiving Dangerous Prescriptions

Reuters | Alison McCook | Posted 05.25.2011

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In 2007, one out of every nine teens and one out of six young adults in their 20s received prescriptions for medication that have the potential for ab...

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Adderall: A College Student's Friend or Foe?

Her Campus | Posted 05.25.2011

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Anyone who's been a college student in the past decade has probably been exposed to the seemingly magical effects of Adderall.

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Adderall Abuse Can Lead To Psychosis, Suicide

Posted 05.25.2011

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The May suicide of Vanderbilt student Kyle Craig shocked his friends and family. Described by his father as "focused, happy, achieving and social," Cr...

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Are Study Drugs A Form Of Cheating?

Posted 05.25.2011

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This semester, Wesleyan University took a firm stance on the use of pharmaceutical study aids, like Ritalin and Adderall, by students without a prescr...

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Did Adderall Really Make Lindsay Lohan Psychotic?

Charlotte Hilton Andersen | Posted 05.25.2011

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For those people afflicted with AD/HD, Adderall can be a lifesaver but for people wrongly diagnosed, the fallout can be severe. According to doctors, Lindsay should never have been prescribed the drug.

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Hollywood Scales It Down

Susan Campos | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hollywood heavy hitters often weigh prestige on a bathroom scale -- which may explain why movers and shakers are constantly chasing the latest in trendy diets.

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Understanding the Placebo Effect

Eliezer Sobel | Posted 11.17.2011

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My first foray into the nebulous world of antidepressants was in 1985 when I was put on Sinequan. It gave me severe cotton mouth, didn't do much for my mood.

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ADHD Prescription Drugs Too Easy To Get

TIME NewsFeed | Posted 11.17.2011

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A new study has found that the initial self-report checklists used for ADHD diagnoses are actually quite easily faked by anyone who has a basic knowle...

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Faking ADHD For Drug Prescription Quite Easy, Study Finds

Posted 05.25.2011

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According to a new study, feigning symptoms of attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder to obtain a prescription to drugs like Adderall and Ritalin is...

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