Does Ritalin Cause Cancer?

April 24, 2002

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* Health and Healing *

Monday, April 22, 2002 5:43 PM

by Lorraine Day, M.D.

Scientific studies on carcinogenicity were finally released in June 1993

revealing that feeding mice Ritalin, induced liver tumors including very

rare and highly malignant cancers. These results were found at dosage

levels close to those routinely prescribed for children. Animal tests are

very good predictors of human health effects. In fact, the International

Agency for Research on Cancer suggests that if a chemical is proven to

cause cancer in animals, it should be treated as if it were cancer-causing

in humans as well.

But the response by the FDA and the pharmaceutical company that makes

Ritalin was predictable. The drug company wrote to 100,000 physicians

informing them of the study showing that the drug caused cancer but said

" It´s not enough of a signal that we think kids should be taken off the

drug. " They reassured the doctors that Ritalin is believed to be " safe and

effective " by the FDA.

Does the public school system have the right to force parents to accept the

drugging of their child? They do in America. But the drug´s side effects,

according to vocal opponents of Ritalin, include: zombie-like behavior,

growth suppression, behavior or thought disorders (exactly what it is

supposed to treat) seizures; headaches, blurred vision, scalp hair loss,

barking like a dog and babbling profanities. It can also result in mood

swings, depression, drug dependence and inclination for criminal activity.

Why would anyone give such a drug to any child?

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