Are ADHD drugs safe? Sound scientific proof is lacking.

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Are ADHD drugs safe? Report finds little proof M. ALEXANDER OTTO; The News Tribune September 13th, 2005 http://www.playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/are-adhd-drugs-safe-report-finds-little-proof Excerpt: At a time when millions of children and adults are taking drugs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, the most comprehensive scientific analysis of the drugs to date has found little evidence that they are safe, that one drug is

more effective than another or that they help school performance. The 27 drugs studied included Adderall, Concerta, Strattera, Ritalin, Focalin, Cylert, Provigil, and others that, in some households, are well-known for their sometimes calming affects. The 731-page report was done by the Drug Effectiveness Review Project, based at Oregon State University. The group analyzed 2,287 studies – virtually every investigation ever done on ADHD drugs anywhere in the world – to reach its conclusions They found: • “No evidence on long-term safety of drugs used to treat ADHD in young children” or adolescents. • “Good quality evidence … is lacking” that ADHD drugs improve “global academic performance, consequences of risky behaviors, social achievements” and other measures. • Safety evidence is of “poor quality,”

including research into the possibility that some ADHD drugs could stunt growth, one of the greatest concerns of parents. • Evidence that ADHD drugs help adults “is not compelling,” nor is evidence that one drug “is more tolerable than another.” • The way the drugs work is, in most cases, not well understood. The findings do not mean ADHD drugs are unsafe or unhelpful, just that sound scientific proof is lacking."We have allowed (the drugs) industry to subvert the rules of science. We have watched quietly as governments and academics have colluded with industry to hide information critical to our patients. We have remained silent as our medical schools have churned out graduates who have no knowledge of the dilemmas and scandals of medicine. We have allowed many of our medical journals to

become corrupted and timid," - Dr Aubrey Blumsohn

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These are the most studied medications in 40 years and that they reviewed 2300

studies shows not all evaluated. I would always assume that drug companies hide

things, but most causes of death are usually published 2-25 years before any

real knowledge by treaters due to lack of study time........ too busy rushing

from room to room to survive economically with less reimbursement and premiums

for insurance that can be 2-5 months of income. And the powers that be do not

seem to read what any 5 minute search can yield on risks at times. Many studies

are exceptional and have the exact opposite conclusions as below.

 

Yet all medications have side effects. Some deaths occur off these medications

by car accidents and fractures and impulsive actions. However, many who

prescribe these are utterly clueless of the need to rule out 200 other medical

things from ongoing Bartonella to Lyme to mycotoxin exposure and hundreds of

other things. Much child behavioral medicine is done after a few labs to merely

check for organ failure and done in a sloppy and careless manner. One can die

from water intoxication. I have seen some folks have their lives turned around

on these. And I have seen a great deal of sloppy script tossing. Yet in some it

is the only treatment that works and I feel pretty up on a wide range of

progressive options.

 

James Schaller, MD

Florida

 

 

 

 

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Friday, December 29, 2006 4:01 AM

Are ADHD drugs safe? " Sound scientific

proof is lacking. "

 

 

Are ADHD drugs safe? Report finds little proof

M. ALEXANDER OTTO;

The News Tribune

September 13th, 2005

http://www.playattention.com/attention-deficit/articles/are-adhd-drugs-safe-repo\

rt-finds-little-proof

 

Excerpt:

At a time when millions of children and adults are taking drugs for Attention

Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, the most comprehensive scientific analysis of

the drugs to date has found little evidence that they are safe, that one drug is

more effective than another or that they help school performance.

 

The 27 drugs studied included Adderall, Concerta, Strattera, Ritalin, Focalin,

Cylert, Provigil, and others that, in some households, are well-known for their

sometimes calming affects.

The 731-page report was done by the Drug Effectiveness Review Project, based

at Oregon State University. The group analyzed 2,287 studies - virtually every

investigation ever done on ADHD drugs anywhere in the world - to reach its

conclusions

 

They found:

 

. " No evidence on long-term safety of drugs used to treat ADHD in young

children " or adolescents.

 

. " Good quality evidence . is lacking " that ADHD drugs improve " global

academic performance, consequences of risky behaviors, social achievements " and

other measures.

 

. Safety evidence is of " poor quality, " including research into the

possibility that some ADHD drugs could stunt growth, one of the greatest

concerns of parents.

 

. Evidence that ADHD drugs help adults " is not compelling, " nor is evidence

that one drug " is more tolerable than another. "

 

. The way the drugs work is, in most cases, not well understood.

 

The findings do not mean ADHD drugs are unsafe or unhelpful, just that sound

scientific proof is lacking.

 

" We have allowed (the drugs) industry to subvert the rules of science. We have

watched quietly as governments and academics have colluded with industry to hide

information critical to our patients. We have remained silent as our medical

schools have churned out graduates who have no knowledge of the dilemmas and

scandals of medicine. We have allowed many of our medical journals to become

corrupted and timid, " - Dr Aubrey Blumsohn