Study shows near-tripling of global ADHD drug use
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The use of drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, has more than tripled worldwide since 1993, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
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MONDAY, Sept. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly 9 percent of American children have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), but only 32 percent of them are getting the medication they need.
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The number of players making attention deficit disorder claims that allowed them to use stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall spiked over the past season.
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While attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is widely perceived as a children's disorder, many adults struggle with it, too. It costs adult sufferers billions of dollars each year in lost wages and in the inability to hold steady jobs, making it one of the nation's more costly health problems.
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Scientists in China have identified about 400 genes that appear to make some people more easily addicted to drugs, opening the way for more effective therapies and addiction control.
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THE use of antidepressants in children has soared in the past ten years, according to a new study. In Britain, such prescriptions rose by 70per cent between 1992 and 2001, with
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The UK has seen the fastest rise in the prescribing of antidepressants and other mind-altering drugs to children, a study of nine countries shows.
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The UK has seen the fastest rise in antidepressant prescribing to young people, a study of nine countries finds.
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A new amphetamine-based drug to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder won federal approval Friday. It's harder to abuse than older stimulants, the manufacturer says.
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Parents of kids on prescription drugs   for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are 10 times more   likely to be on such a medication themselves, according to an   analysis of U.S. prescription use released on Thursday.
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EXETER, England  - Children suffering from  Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) are not  disrupting their school classes or their neighborhoods because  of poor parenting, UK scientists said on Wednesday.
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Prescription drug use among Americans has hit an all-time record high, according to the US Department of Health and Human Servicesâ annual check-up on Americansâ health.
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Pre-adolescent rats given the popular ADHD drug Ritalin are more likely to show signs of depression in adulthood, according to a Harvard study.
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MEXICO CITY - Technological advances that help drug companies churn out highly profitable prescription medications must also be applied to improving public health care around the globe, a World Health Organization report released Wednesday says.
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Adolescents who are victims of  bullying are likely to take more medications than their peers,  a Danish study shows.
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Children throughout the world are increasingly prescribed antidepressants and other drugs designed to calm or stimulate their brains, according to a new study published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood.
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By Yuri Kadobnov, AFP. A scientific review that appears in this month&#39;s edition of the journal Psychopharmacology reports that half of all adults experience drug-withdrawal symptoms