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Rodent of the Week: Ritalin and Prozac -- a troubling combo for children? - 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

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Tags: ADHD Medication, Panic Disorder Medication, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Medication, PTSD Medication, Antidepressant, Children's Health, Ritalin, Prozac

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