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Health Encyclopedia: Adhd Highlights

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...
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Expert & Community Posts

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This Week in Share Posts
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...one person believes the uniqueness of Adults with ADHD is special. Brains Develop Slower in... Read more »

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Spouse Denial - Understanding Adult ADHD
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

  In order to best understand your spouse with ADHD, you must first learn about Adult ADHD. You... Read more »

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10 ADHD Myths
By Terry Matlen, ACSW , Health Expert

...to support, educate and counsel those touched by ADHD, we in the field have made some ground in... Read more »

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Parenting Checklist: What to Do When Your Child is Diagnosed with ADHD
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

Whether you think your child might have ADHD, has recently been diagnosed with ADHD or you have... Read more »

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National ADHD Awareness Day: September 19, 2007
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert

...overwhelming numbers of undiagnosed and untreated cases of ADHD, and the dissemination of... Read more »

Health Guide

ADHD Issues: What are the risk factors and causes of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?">
The cause of ADHD seems to be neurobiological or genetic. Environmental factors influence the severity of the disorder, but environmental factors do not seem to give rise to the condition by... Read more »
ADHD Issues: How is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) treated?
ADHD and childhood behavioral disorders are usually better treated in specialized education settings with behavioral management of the disruptive behavior. Whether the patient is an ADHD adult... Read more »
ADHD Issues: What is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common chronic psychiatric conditions diagnosed in childhood. Although thought of as a child's condition, adult ADHD is not... Read more »
ADHD Issues: What are the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)?
Wide arrays of symptoms indicate the presence of ADHD. A common ADHD symptom is the difficulty or inability to sustain attention. Other symptoms include the failure to follow directions, frequent... Read more »
Parenting When Both Parent and Child Have ADHD
The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. Or, in more scientific terms, we can say that since ADHD is highly genetic: there’s a pretty good chance that a parent with ADHD will have a child with... Read more »

Medications

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...disorder (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder-ADHD) in children older than 6 years. It is... Read more »

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... (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan... Read more »

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... (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan... Read more »

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...to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as part of a total treatment plan,... Read more »

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...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, 2008

SAN 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, 2008

SEATTLE (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 »