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Why Are Amphetamines Given To children? See the Reuters article Attention Deficit Drugs May Have Long-Term Effects Rats aren't people. But I will take any excuse I can get to show the absolute psychoticness of giving amphetamines to children for any reason. Why are amphetamines given to children? Easy. M-O-N-E-Y. If 7% (1.6 million) children are diagosed with ADHD in this country, this translates to over $2 billion per year in physician and drug costs. Thats enough to motivate a whole industry to action. CDC Report Looks at Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine May 2002 If someone feels like he must give amphetamines, it's better to give
them to rats than to our children. In our practice we have
never seen an ADD/ADHD child that couldn't be helped. Drugs are
never used. The criteria for ADD/ADHD are hogwash as any barely
aware person
can observe. Research has shown that in humans amphetamines like
Ritalin may damage
neurons, decrease brain size on MRI, stunt skeletal growth, prevent
students from being able to apply what they learn, can cause withdrawal
suicide, and lead to increases in antisocial behavior and illicit
drug use as adults. What more would you want as a reason never
to prescribe
them? A few easy steps can end the ADD/ADHD symptoms in most
children: A physician can be contacted from www.acam.org who
will have a non drug nutritional approach. But in the meantime: The contents of The Optimum Health Report web site and any of the links it contains are for educational and informational purposes. Please see the disclaimer page for more information.  |