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Highlights
Drug Approval
In 2006, Daytrana was approved as the first skin patch medication for treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Daytrana contains methylphenidate, the same drug used in Ritalin pills.
Drug Warning
- All ADHD stimulant medications now carry warnings that patients with a history of structural heart problems, high blood pressure, or disturbances in heart rhythm (arrhythmia) should not use these drugs. These warnings appear on the prescribing labels of methylph...
Expert & Community Posts
An Accurate Diagnosis is Just the Beginning
By Eileen Bailey , Health ExpertLast week, during the Adult ADHD Summit, (you can view the summit here) one of the topics of... Read more »
Myth: ADHD Cannot be Accurately Diagnosed
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...no blood test to tell you if you or your child has ADHD. There is no x-ray or medical test. The... Read more »
When and How to Reveal Your ADHD (and when not to)
By Terry Matlen, ACSW , Health Expert...to their boss, partner, friends and family their ADHD diagnosis. Often times, these are folks... Read more »
Diagnosing ADHD in Adults
By Dr. Ballas , Health ExpertIf a child has ADHD there's better than a 1 in 2 chance that he or she will continue to have the... Read more »
ADHD Past and Present
By Merely Me , Health ExpertWhen I was a kid back in the seventies ADHD as we know it now did not exist. Sure there were... Read more »
Health Guide
ADHD: Tips for Improving Your Self-Esteem
Adults with ADD/ADHD may be constantly struggling to keep up. They may switch jobs often, either because they become bored with their duties or because they are fired for lateness or... Read more »How IDEA Applies to Children with ADHD
...21 are provided a “free and appropriate public education, regardless of ability.” Having ADHD does not automatically qualify a child for special services under IDEA. According to the... Read more »ADHD: Guide for Improving Chronic Lateness
One of the largest complaints of adults with ADD/ADHD is their chronic tardiness. Being late for work can cause you to lose jobs, being late for family events can cause embarrassment and being late... Read more »So You Think Your Child Has ADHD
So you think your child has ADHD! Teachers tell you he is easily distracted. Friends shy away from activities that include your child. Other children make fun of your child. Relatives say he is... Read more »ADHD: Tips for Improving Your Child's Self-Esteem
...type of job we have, where we live, and what other people think of us. For those people with ADD/ADHD, many of these areas are the same areas of difficulty. People with ADD/ADHD often have... Read more »Images
Medications
...disorder (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-ADHD) in children older than 6 years. It is... Read more »
...disorders (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan... Read more »
...control attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). It may help to increase the ability to... Read more »
...to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan,... Read more »
...disorders (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan... Read more »
Related News
ADHD Children at Risk for Alcohol Problems
May 18, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may face problems with alcohol as they get older. Two new studies... Read summary »
ADHD Damages Workplace Efficiency
June 05, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Workers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) do 22 days less work per year than those without the disorder. As... Read summary »
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Leads to Behavioral Problems
August 03, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) have significantly weakened social cognition and emotion-processing... Read summary »
Video Games for ADHD
May 05, 2008SAN JOSE, Calif. (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- As much as 6 percent of the American population has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, a... Read summary »
Diet Makes an Impact on ADHD
May 05, 2008SEATTLE (Ivanhoe Broadcast News) -- No parent wants her child taking a daily dose of drugs. But drugs are all many parents of kids with ADD or... Read summary »
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