MedNews

  • Drug Industry News
  • FDA News & Alerts
  • Health & Medical News
You are here: Home / Health & Medical News / ADD/ADHD / Does Stimulant Treatment For ADHD Increase Risk Of Drug Abuse?

Does Stimulant Treatment For ADHD Increase Risk Of Drug Abuse?

June 21, 2007 By MedNews Leave a Comment

Parents, doctors, and others have wondered whether common treatments for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) inadvertently predispose adolescents to future drug abuse.
The answer may depend on the age at which treatment is started and how long it lasts, say the authors of a new brain-imaging and behavioral study conducted in animals at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory.

Filed Under: ADD/ADHD, Addiction Tagged With: addiction, ADHD, drug abuse



Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search



Tag Cloud

alcohol allergies alzheimers antibiotics breast cancer cancer Centers for Disease Control (CDC) children cholesterol dementia depression Diabetes diet drug abuse exercise fda flu food genetics geriatrics h1n1 heart heart attack heart disease high blood pressure HIV/AIDS hormone therapy hypertension lungs menopause NIH obesity pain pediatrics pregnancy prostate cancer seniors sleep smoking statistics stroke sun teens USA women's health

Recent Comments

  • Mia Fritz on Health Benefits of Dark Chocolate
  • Shilpa on Why Too Much Iron Can Be Dangerous
  • Racheal on Teen Pregnancy May Be Reduced by Sex Education in Schools, Says Study
  • Don on Prilosec, Nexium and Prevacid Tied to Higher Risk of Pneumonia
  • Meso on Brain Changes in Elderly Can Affect Mobility and Balance
  • About Us
  • Contact

Copyright © 2025 Mednews ยท Log in