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Fashion Week: Prettier Brains for Fall

E. Jean Carroll | Posted 10.22.2009 | Style

Read More: Brain, To-Do Lists, Ask E. Jean, Elle Magazine, Drugs, Brain Fitness, Fashion Week, Adderall, Style News
E. Jean Carroll

I didn't feel any smarter when I took the ten milligrams of Adderall; I simply felt lively. After seven hours at my desk, which flew by like seven minutes, I stood up, stretched, and did something very odd.

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The Wave of Evil: New Report on ADHD Drugs Blowback

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 08.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Vyvanse, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Adhd, Attention-Deficity-Hyperactivity-Disorder, Scientific American Mind, Ritalin, Johson & Johnson, Adderall, Pharmaceutical-Industrial Complex, Concerta, Amphetamine, Joseph Biederman, Bruce E. Levine, Cocaine, Living News
Bruce E. Levine

ADHD drugs are either the "amphetamine-like" or actual amphetamines. It should not be surprising that long-term use is associated with many hazards.

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Paying the Piper: Brain "Neuroenhancers"

Lloyd I. Sederer, MD | Posted 07.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Provigil, Adhd, Mental Health, Brain, Adult ADHD, Focus, Health, Side Effects, Neuroenhancers, US Airforce, Medicine, Wellness, Ritalin, Adderall, Living News
Lloyd I. Sederer, MD

If you don't have a medical condition like ADHD or narcolepsy and you take stimulants, you are entering the world of performance enhancement, where many have tread and paid a great price.

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ADHD Medication: One for All?

Dr. Jon LaPook | Posted 06.07.2009 | Living

Read More: College Students, Stimulants, Adhd, Adult ADHD, ADHD Medication, Ritalin, Adderall, Living News
Dr. Jon LaPook

I got schooled by two college students about the widespread use of ADHD meds -- by kids without a diagnosis of the condition -- to study, stay attentive, and sometimes just to feel good.

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Thinking Critically About Scientology, Psychiatry, and Their Feud

Bruce E. Levine | Posted 10.11.2008 | Living

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Bruce E. Levine

Scientology and establishment psychiatry have something else in common. They are both orthodoxies that deal harshly with their ex-insiders who have come to reject them.

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Big Pharma Raised Top Drug Prices By 7.8 Percent In 2007

Wall Street Journal | HEATHER WON TESORIERO | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Lipitor, Pharmaceutical Companies, Glaxosmithkline, Pharmaceutical Industry, Big Pharma, Ambien, Drug Prices, Pfizer, Adderall, Sanofi-Aventis, Wellbutrin, Shire, Business News

The pharmaceutical industry has been a frequent target in the current presidential campaign, but that hasn't stopped it from continuing to aggressivel...

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