ADHD Meds and Deaths
June 19, 2009 by Cherie Burbach
Filed under Diseases & Conditions
It’s rare, but a study shows that stimulant medication, which is often used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), “may have played a role in a handful of cases of sudden, unexplained death in children and adolescents.” The people conducting the study have said that this doesn’t mean parents should take their kids off of these drugs, but instead watch them more closely.
The stimulant meds could affect children even if they don’t have any other heart problems. According to one source, about “2.5 million children in the United States take such medications.”
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