The FDA has approved of Noven Pharmaceuticals’s Daytrana ADHD Patch for children 6-12 years old. Noven Pharmaceuticals has licenced it to Shire, makers of Adderall XR It is expected to be in US pharmacies in mid 2006. It’s methylphenidate (same ingredient in Ritalin and Concerta )that’s released slowly through the skin and is supposed to […]
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It’s no secret to those who understand Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder that many people who work in the media have ADHD. The fast paced, constantly new, multitasking, creative, stimulating environment is a natural fit for them. The adrenaline fuelled deadlines that help them focus are also a bonus. You won’t find may ADDers on the
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I was interviewed (April 5th) on the Tina Oliver talk show on CFUN Radio, AM 1410 (now called Talk 1410) on the Montreal case of an ADHD student expelled for his behavioral problems, while the parent claimed it was because she took her child of Ritalin and refused to put him back on. We also
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This is a study from my hometown, Vancouver, at the Dept of Psychology at UBC. Charlotte Johnston and C. Murray examined the impact of maternal attention on parenting behaviours, studying 60 mothers of children with ADHD. Some mothers had ADHD some didn’t. They …completed self-report and laboratory measures of monitoring of child behavior, consistency in
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The percentage of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder children in the US who have been taking stimulant medication between 1997 and 2002 hasn’t changed, according to data collected by the federal government and summarized in the April 2006 issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry. It was a representative national survey (post deleted http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=40778&nfid=crss) that included more than