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Preventing Drug Abuse
Preventing drug abuse – ADHD and drug abuse. College campuses are finding prescription drugs to be a problem. Students are often exaggerating symptoms in order to obtain and sell th…
ADHD Drug Emergencies Quadrupled In 6 Years, Says Government Report
National data released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) show that Ritalin, Adderall, and other ADHD drugs sent almost 23,000 young adults to the emergency room in 2011, a more than four-fold increase from … Read more on Forbes
Morning Rounds with Dr. LaPook: Dangers of ADHD Rx abuse
LaPook points out that amphetamine-based ADHD drugs carry a "black box warning" from the Food and Drug Administration due to risk for addiction and rare but serious side effects, including possibly fatal heart and blood pressure problems, stroke and … Read more on CBS News
Stimulants May Protect Against Drug Abuse in Kids With ADHD
Stimulants May Protect Against Drug Abuse in Kids With ADHD
In a large, prospective, longitudinal study investigating the effect of stimulant medication on the development of substance use disorder (SUD) in ADHD, investigators from the State University of New York Upstate Medical University in Syracuse found … Read more on Medscape
Video game 'addiction' more likely with autism, ADHD
People who walk to work are 40 percent less likely to develop diabetes and 17 percent less likely to develop high blood pressure than those who drive, according to a new study. People who walk to work are 40 percent less likely to develop diabetes and … Read more on MyFox Austin
Wide Disparities in ADHD Treatment Suggest Flawed Management of the Disorder
The use of amphetamine medications to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in the United States varies widely from state to state and even more dramatically from one county to another, according to a new study by Abt Associates … Read more on PR Web (press release)
How to Counteract Cough Medicine Sleepiness?
Question by Dennis: How to counteract cough medicine sleepiness?
Best answer:
Answer by Kiplin!
You can’t and you shouldn’t.
Taking a stimulant while on cough medicine will only make things worse because Cough Medicine causes your blood pressure to rise and so do stimulants.
You need to find a form of cough medicine for “day time use”.
If you mean this as in “Getting High” and staying awake to see the hallucinations, that too is something you can’t really do…
The only thing to do then is to have a “Sitter” there to wake you up and keep you talking and focused.
Abusing Cough Medicine can kill you…
http://www.webmd.com/parenting/teen-abuse-cough-medicine-9/teens-and-dxm-drug-abuse
“Taking huge doses of cough medicine to get high may sound revolting. In fact, you might assume it’s just an obscure fringe thing.
Kids and Drugs – What Parents Need to Know
As the parents of children growing up in today’s society, you may be alarmed to read about the statistics dealing with drug abuse among kids. While many of these adults are familiar with the older drugs such as marijuana and cocaine, the newer ones may be confusing. The following is a brief explanation of some of these “New Age” drugs and the symptoms to look for if your children may begin abusing them.