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bemisnorris
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 Posted: 08 Jun 2003 11:16 AM Post subject: Scientists Find Little, If Any, Proof Ritalin Is Effective |
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| After a painstaking analysis of 62 studies of Ritalin treatment for attention deficit disorder, a team of Canadian researchers says it has found little scientific evidence the drug lives up to its reputation. |
http://www.rense.com/general19/rit.htm
To be honest, I don't even believe in ADD. If that term existed when I was in elementary school, I would've probably been diagnosed as ADD, but instead, people just said I was hyper. |
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chainsmokinmonkey
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Joined: 29 Nov 2002
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| Posted: 09 Jun 2003 11:05 AM Post subject: Re: Scientists Find Little, If Any, Proof Ritalin Is Effecti |
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| bemisnorris wrote: | | After a painstaking analysis of 62 studies of Ritalin treatment for attention deficit disorder, a team of Canadian researchers says it has found little scientific evidence the drug lives up to its reputation. |
http://www.rense.com/general19/rit.htm
To be honest, I don't even believe in ADD. If that term existed when I was in elementary school, I would've probably been diagnosed as ADD, but instead, people just said I was hyper. |
a lot of ADD students back then were put in special ed. ritalin is a fucking joke. |
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Mr.Tasty
Nervous Breakdown
Joined: 14 Oct 2002
Posts: 529
Location: EAST Calexico
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| It's just legal drug dealing, that's all it is. People make a lot of money off that shit. |
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Mars
Tecato Revisited
Joined: 15 Oct 2002
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Location: mangled in blackhole
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This student of mine was telling me how he got put on ritalin. This is what happened. He is on Medi cal so the government pays for his psychiatirc needs. Of course he can only go to the county mental health department. He was 8 at the time, and his mom told the "DR" that he was active and had trouble paying attention. he gets put on ritalin. The fuckin' Dr. didn't even talk to the kid first. That's bullshit. I don't not claim to be a psychologist, but i do have a minor in psychology which is worthless, but I at least know you should talk to the patient before perscribing any medication.
Basically I agee with Tasty. |
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bemisnorris
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| I agree with both Mars and Tasty. Of course, it all revolves around money. I've read that a lot of doctors prescribe ritalin without really fully understanding ADD and the effects of ritalin. Plus, a lot of doctors actually recieve money from the companies that make the drugs that they prescribe, which leads to the doctors prescribing drugs that aren't really needed. |
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