Re: Another use for Ritalin

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Subject: Re: Another use for Ritalin
From: "Roger Schlafly" [email hidden]
Date: 12/18/2003 4:33 PM Central Standard Time
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"Marciosos7 Probertiosos7" <[email hidden]> wrote

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causative factors. Methylphenidate (MTP), a mild central nervous system
(CNS) stimulant that is most commonly used for the treatment of

attention

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deficit hyperactivity disorder, was started at a daily dose of 10 mg.

It

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was

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rapidly efficient and well tolerated. This report suggests a potential
advantage of MTP in the treatment of intractable hiccup in cancer

patients.

Did the study say whether the patient was able to get off the drugs when
he was given a chance?

Poor Mark. Ritalin is the answer to everything. I wonder how much stock he
owns?

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Jan

I hate to say "I told you so, but..."

;o) Rich --> Actually, I love to say "I told you so."

"Jan" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Subject: Re: Another use for Ritalin
From: "Roger Schlafly" [email hidden]
Date: 12/18/2003 4:33 PM Central Standard Time
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"Marciosos7 Probertiosos7" <[email hidden]> wrote

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causative factors. Methylphenidate (MTP), a mild central nervous system
(CNS) stimulant that is most commonly used for the treatment of

attention

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deficit hyperactivity disorder, was started at a daily dose of 10 mg.

It

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was

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rapidly efficient and well tolerated. This report suggests a potential
advantage of MTP in the treatment of intractable hiccup in cancer

patients.

Did the study say whether the patient was able to get off the drugs when
he was given a chance?

Poor Mark. Ritalin is the answer to everything. I wonder how much stock he
owns?

Chronic hiccupping must be torture and to subject a person who is about to
die to more torture is horrid.

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http://www.chirousa.com/education/intouch.asp

Ritalin Acts Much Like Cocaine

The August 22, 2001 issue of the Journal of the American Medical

Association

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reports that researchers have found that the drug Ritalin, used in

children

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with the so-called disorder ADD/ADHD, has a more potent effect on the

brain

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than cocaine.

The research was done at Brookhaven National Laboratory in Upton, New

York. The

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study used brain imaging to discover that Ritalin, which has the same

chemical

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profile as cocaine, occupied more of the receptor sites in the brain
responsible for the cocaine "high" than cocaine itself did.

Cocaine is known to occupy about 50% of the receptor sites available. This
study found that Ritalin blocks 20% more sites than cocaine. Lead

researcher

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Dr. Nora Volkow said, "the data clearly show the notion that Ritalin is a

weak

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stimulant is completely incorrect."

In commentary, what can we say? Putting millions of children around the

world

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on drugs that are chemically similar to and more potent than cocaine for a
disorder that is questionable to begin with is extremely dangerous.

http://www.drhull.com/practice/PedSPAM/PedSPAM_Nov01.html

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Monday, November 5: In a presentation at the annual meeting of the

American

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Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Oahu, Hawaii, researchers

report

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that children with children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) are half as likely to become substance abusers if they receive

treatment

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with a stimulant such as methylphenidate (Ritalin®).Reuters Health

Jan

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Subject: Re: Another use for Ritalin
From: "Roger Schlafly" [email hidden]
Date: 12/18/2003 4:33 PM Central Standard Time
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"Marciosos7 Probertiosos7" <[email hidden]> wrote
> causative factors. Methylphenidate (MTP), a mild central nervous

system

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> (CNS) stimulant that is most commonly used for the treatment of

attention

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> deficit hyperactivity disorder, was started at a daily dose of 10 mg.

It

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was
> rapidly efficient and well tolerated. This report suggests a

potential

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> advantage of MTP in the treatment of intractable hiccup in cancer
patients.

Did the study say whether the patient was able to get off the drugs

when

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he was given a chance?

Poor Mark. Ritalin is the answer to everything. I wonder how much stock

he

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owns?

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Jan

I hate to say "I told you so, but..."

;o) Rich --> Actually, I love to say "I told you so."

I like saying"

I expected her to do so. She is totally incapable of dealing with the facts.

She is so evil that she wobviously supports torturing a person who is
terminally ill.