Re: Study By Consumers Union Concludes ADHD Meds Are OVER- Prescribed to Children

Mark wrote: 
LadyLollipop wrote:

http://www.newsinferno.com/storypages/9-28-2005~001.html

Study by Consumers Union Concludes ADHD Medications are Over-Prescribed to
Children
Date Published: September 28, 2005
Source: Newsinferno.com News Staff

A report by Consumers Union (CU), the publisher of Consumer Reports ,
concludes that while useful, stimulants used to treat millions of children
in the U.S. with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are
probably over-prescribed.



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I don't think anyone will argue with the idea that certain drugs are
overprescribed, ADHD drugs among them.  To extrapolate that into an
indictment of the class of drugs as a whole is overreaching.


It is pure DrewLogic.

The authors of this article even included the admission that these
drugs *are* useful.


Jan will disagree.


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