Ritalin and Antidepressants
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Rodent of the Week: Ritalin and Prozac -- a troubling combo for children? - latimes.com
latimes.com — “Four in 10 kids who get a diagnosis of either depression or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) end up getting both diagnoses sometime in their young lives. That means a lot will spend some part of their adolescence taking two psychiatric medications: methylphenidate (better known by its commercial name, Ritalin) and fluoxetine (better known as Prozac, the only of the new-generation antidepressants approved for kids as young as 8 years old). A new study conducted on rats su” View full resource at latimes.com
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Rodent of the Week: Ritalin and Prozac -- a troubling combo for children? - latimes.com
latimes.com — “Four in 10 kids who get a diagnosis of either depression or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) end up getting both diagnoses sometime in their young lives. That means a lot will spend some part of their adolescence taking two psychiatric medications: methylphenidate (better known by its commercial name, Ritalin) and fluoxetine (better known as Prozac, the only of the new-generation antidepressants approved for kids as young as 8 years old). A new study conducted on rats su” View full resource at latimes.com
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Abstract | Adverse drug reactions from psychotropic medicines in the paediatric population: analysis of reports to the Danish Medicines Agency over a decade
biomedcentral.com — “With psychotropic drugs being increasingly prescribed, high numbers of serious adverse drug reactions should be considered by practitioners, especially for very young children and pregnant women.” View full resource at biomedcentral.com
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RT @mocost: Antidepressants, antipsychotics and psychostimulants such as Ritalin are linked to birth defects http://j.mp/bhM4Fy
Heat Spikes Death Risk from Drugs – TIME Healthland
healthland.time.com — “With relentless heat enveloping much of the nation, no one, it seems is spared. That includes a group at especially high risk of harm from high temperatures: drug users, both therapeutic and recreational, particularly those who take stimulants like cocaine, methamphetamine and Ritalin or antidepress...” View full resource at healthland.time.com
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RT @maiasz: drug users (therapeutic & recreational) at risk from heat wave, esp. cocaine http://ti.me/qlbEdG
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