Marijuana Replaces Ritalin In Treatment For Add/Adhd

[Michael Komorn]

MARIJUANA REPLACES RITALIN IN TREATMENT FOR ADD/ADHD

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MARIJUANA REPLACES RITALIN IN TREATMENT FOR ADD/ADHD - VIDEOSo it would appear the die is cast and that cannabis is set to be reclassified to a class B drug, bringing with it more arrests, more prison sentences, and more expense.

In the meantime, Dutch Police in Amsterdam are complaining about their rights to use cannabis when off-duty and as if that wasn't enough to prove the futility of trying to outlaw a substance which is a long way safer than either alcohol or tobacco, we now have a consultant pediatrician from the US, claiming marijuana (or cannabis) can be used ON CHILDREN, in the treatment of ADD or ADHD? So who's telling us lies?

Dr Claudia Jenson, who is a consultant pediatrician from USC, has come up with a novel way of treating ADD/ADHD, WITHOUT any of the unwanted side effects which can result from using popularly prescribed medicines.Attention deficit Disorder, or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADD/ADHD) is a biological, brain based condition that is characterized by poor attention and distractibility and/or hyperactive and impulsive behaviors. It is one of the most common mental disorders that develop in children. Symptoms can continue into adolescence and adulthood. If left untreated, ADHD can lead to poor school/work performance, poor social relationships and a general feeling of low self esteem.The normal course of treatment for a child diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, is a course of methylphenidate, better known as Ritalin.

Methylphenidate (MPH) is a prescription stimulant commonly used to treat Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. It is also one of the primary drugs used to treat the daytime drowsiness symptoms of narcolepsy and chronic fatigue syndrome. The drug is seeing early use to treat cancer-related fatigue.

As always there is a flip-side to these prescription drugs, and in the case of Ritalin, substance abusers have found various ways to ingest the drug recreationally, which gives an effect similar to cocaine or amphetamine so the use of ritalin is to be closely monitored.

For the child diagnosed with ADD/ADHD, the side effects of using Ritalin, are many, including psychosis (abnormal thinking or hallucinations), difficulty sleeping, stomach aches, diarrhea, headaches, lack of hunger (leading to weight loss) and dry mouth. In some cases, the use of Ritalin has led to death.

If Ritalin or its side effects, are causing your children problems, ask your doctor about using marijuana as an alternative.

Check the video out for what Dr. Claudia Jenson, a Consultant Pediatrician from USC has to say on the subject.

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Provigil/Modafinil for ADD/ADHD?The first of our new series of info-sites looks at Provigil, AKA Modafinil, AKA Alertec. The wonder “stay awake” drug made by Pharma giant “Cephalon”, which even the US Military is buying in by the container load.

It seems ironic; when modafinil/provigil went through clinical trials, funded by its intial creator Cephalon Pharmaceutical, it was hailed as a wonder drug.

As is often the case, under our quirky patent laws other manufacturers were soon allowed to synthesise their own version of the worlds most popular narcolepsy treatment and Cephalon lost out to the tune of millions of dollars.

Today, Cephalon are about to bring a new, improved version of the drug to market. Called Nuvigil, its hoped it will go some way to replacing the lost revenues from modafinil.

So is it only me that finds it strange that, modafinil has gone from wonder drug, to possibly addictive substance in the period just before Cephalon releases Nuvigil?

Find out the facts by visiting http://www.provigil-rx.info , a CannaZine produced website designed to cut through the crap, allowing you to make an educated and informed choice.

[mizerman]

One of my cousins and my nephew suffered through this as a child and they "pumped them full of Ritalin" and the side effects were disastrous. I know they have both been better managing their conditions with cannabis for a few decades without the most unpleasant side effects.

 

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Common Side Effects

•Addiction

•Nervousness including agitation, anxiety and irritability

•Trouble sleeping (insomnia)

•Decreased appetite

•Headache

•Stomach ache

•Nausea

•Dizziness

•Heart palpitations

Other Serious Side Effects Include

•Slowing of growth (height and weight) in children

•Seizures, mainly in patients with a history of seizures

•Eyesight changes or blurred vision

Less Common Side Effects

•High blood pressure

•Rapid pulse rate (and other heart problems)

•Tolerance (constant need to raise the dose)

•Feelings of suspicion and paranoia

•Visual hallucinations (seeing things that are not there)

•Depression

•Cocaine craving

•Dermatoses (infected or diseased skin)

•Urinary tract infection

•Infection or viral infection

•Elevated ALT enzyme levels in the blood (signaling liver damage)

Overdose Side Effects

Methylphenidate drugs have been extensively abused. Extreme psychological dependence and severe social disability have resulted. Abuse of methylphenidate drugs may cause a sudden heart attack even in those with no signs of heart disease. Symptoms of overdose that require immediate medical assistance include:

 

•Restlessness

•Tremor

•Aggression

•Hallucinations

•Panic states

•Hyperreflexia (overactive reflexes, which can include twitching or spasms)

•Personality changes

•Symptoms of depression

•Seizures or abnormal EEGs

•High blood pressure

•Rapid heart beat

•Swelling of hands/feet/ankles (for example, numbing of the fingertips)

•Delusions

•Sweating

•Vomiting

•Dehydration

•Unexplained muscle pain

•Lower abdominal pain

•Rhabdomyolysis and kidney damage

•Chronic abuse can manifest itself as psychosis, often indistinguishable from schizophrenia

[Estimated Prophet]

Ritalin is also right up there with opiates in terms of fraudulent prescriptions.

College kids are eating these things by the handful.

Not healthy.

[Letterhead954]

Ritalin can be nasty stuff. My daughter was on it in grade school, and she developed eye tics. After I got her off of it I found out that had she continued using it the tics could have become permanent. Would have been nice if the doc had told me that up front. If it works, cannabis would be a far safer drug.

[wingdings]

I have self medicated with cannabis throughout college with better results than ritalin. Not to mention the health benefits associated with choosing cannabis over meth. I began developing depression and mood swings when I stopped ritalin.

[CleanD]

Ritalin is also right up there with opiates in terms of fraudulent prescriptions.

College kids are eating these things by the handful.

Not healthy.

 

though a bit ago... actually the only time i'v been exposed to ritalin... some kid had his prescription bottle on the table, next to some ground up pills that they were shaping into lines... hmmmm