By Carol Baker


Use Of Ritalin For Healing ADD:

Ritalin is a prescribed CNS stimulant for treating Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) in kids and older people. As per the studies of scientist, the drug shares similar properties with cocaine and other amphetamines but it is a little milder in nature. Therefore, there are high chances for patients developing an addiction to Ritalin.

Ritalin alters our biochemical pathways to process and react towards a stimuli, as a result reducing our reaction timing and energy levels. When Ritalin is given to a hyperactive child, it boosts his awareness power, provides them the stability to finish their tasks and keep them awake and vigilant towards other activities going around him. The drug is quick with regards to action and the outcomes last for a very long time.

Hence, dads and moms need to have necessary checkups done on their children for diagnosing ADHD prior to giving them this drug. Also, they have to keep tabs on their daily dosage and make changes to it only under the supervision of a health care provider elsewhere it can cause Ritalin addiction and abuse.

Adverse Reactions:

Since Ritalin is classified under Schedule II medication, it implies that drug holds a high risk of addiction and abuse. When a healthy child, who doesn't show any indications of AHDH is wrongly given this medication, he can develop depression symptoms, severe exhaustion, chemical dependence and Ritalin addiction with time.

Aside from the reported incidents of Ritalin abuse, other health adverse reactions like irregular heart beat, sleeping disorder, giddiness, anxiety, facial tics, headaches, weight gain or loss, change in appetite and facial tics are likewise prevalent. The drug is capable of stopping growth and development.

Long lasting consequences of Ritalin medicine addiction include suppressed appetite, reduced daily caloric intake, higher metabolism, constriction of narrow cardiac vessels, short-term to permanent necrosis and death. But these medical problems are more common in the case of heart patients.

When Ritalin is wrongly given to nursing females, it can cause increased tension or fear within body, dysfunction in the reaction pathway of brain towards stimuli impulses and depression, in case of both mother and baby, when the medicine is discontinued.

Addiction to speed drugs like this is more and more deadly when it is taken in combination with anti-seizure drugs like phenytoin and phenobarbital, blood pressure drugs, clonidine, antidepressants, MAO (monoamine oxidase) inhibitors and blood thinners such as guanethidine, warfarin or phylbutazone. Therefore you have to provide the complete health background of your child to the medical doctors before giving him this medicine.

Safety measures:

Ritalin is strictly inhibited for little babies (particularly those who are below six yrs) and are going through irritations and stress due to a psychiatric disorder or tension. In case you suspect your kid of medication addiction, instantly stop giving him the drug and report the concerns to a professional drug expert. Chalk out therapy plan for the child and take him off all sedatives.

Fathers and mothers and teachers who desire to report addiction signs or those of you who want more information about ritalin addiction and abuse could check out an internet website or contact at the national helpline number and seek assistance.




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