CONFIRMED: Psychiatrists Know ADHD Meds Increase Psychotic Episodes


Susanne.Posel-Headline.News.Official- adhd.study.psychotic.effects.aderol.stimulants.psychiatrists.children_occupycorporatismSusanne Posel ,Chief Editor Occupy Corporatism | Co-Founder, Legacy Bio-Naturals

 

Rudolf Uher lead a team of researchers from Dalhousie University in a study on the effects of stimulant medications given to children diagnosed with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) that showed there is an increased risk of development of psychotic behavior in children who have a parent with a history of serious mental illness.

Drugs commonly prescribed for ADHD include Ritalin (methylphenidate), Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine), or Dexedrine (dextroamphetamine).

One hundred and forty-one participants ages 6 to 21 were chosen for the study.

Of those volunteers, 2/3rds suffered from a psychotic side effect to the prescribed stimulant. These side effects included:

• Hallucinations
• Delusions
• Hearing voices
• Perceptual disturbances

Uher maintains that these responses to the drugs prescribed for ADHD are known within the psychiatric community to cause psychotic symptoms as “common”; however the quantity of drugs children and young adults are taking for ADHD is the problem.

Another point the researchers made was that the correlation between stimulants and psychotic episodes was so prevalent that it should not be considered a “rare occurrence”.

The researchers stressed that psychiatrists “need to ask kids about unusual experiences” because children do not open up about these types of instances, and by not knowing how the drugs are affecting the patient, the doctor cannot “make decisions on risk-benefit balance”.

In addition, physicians prescribing these drugs need “to carefully monitor children and teens taking” them.

However, the problem is not just with psychiatrists not paying attention to the effects of the drugs they prescribe on their patients. The choices allowed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are partly to blame.

In 2014, the FDA issued a statement of concern over the generic version Concerta, a pharmaceutical used to treat ADHD because the agency claimed the “generic version … is not equivalent to the brand-name drug”.

There are no “safety concerns” with regard to the generic brands; however the FDA said patients should not switch their prescription without consulting a physician.”

But when it comes to Concerta, the adverse effects of this drug should be cause for concern.

This is because Concerta targets the central nervous system with stimulation.

These adverse effects caused by Concerta include:

• Abdominal pain
• Decreased appetite
• Headaches
• Dry mouth
• Nausea
• Insomnia
• Anxiety
• Dizziness
• Weight loss
• Irritability
• Hyperhisdrosis
• Addiction
• Depression

Other “effects” of Concerta are:

• Severe headaches
• Feeling like fainting
• Fever
• Blistering, peeling skin rash
• Aggression
• Motor tics
• Unusual behavior
• Hallucinations
• Purple spots on skin
• Sharp spike in blood pressure
• Blurred vision
• Chest pain
• Heart attack
• Stroke
• Difficulty breathing
• Vision problems
• Numbness in feet and hands

Back in 2005, a 15 year old girl committed suicide while taking Concerta for only 2 months. The child was displaying aggressive behavior before she took her own life.

Seven years ago, ‘an FDA panel reported that between 1992 and 2005, 11 sudden cardiac deaths occurred in children taking” Concerta.

According to the FDA medication guide for Concerta, they warn against the drug causing:

• Worse behavior
• Bipolar
• Aggressiveness
• Psychotic symptoms such as hearing voices, mania, “believing things that are not true”

In 2012, the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee (PBAC) issued a statement of concern over the “efficiency and safety” of Concerta.

Activists said that it is “absurd” that Concerta could be “not considered safe enough for adults but is considered safe for children.”





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