Quoted message said:Subject: Re: Another use for Ritalin
From: nknisley [email hidden]
Date: 12/19/2003 4:11 PM Central Standard Time
Message-id: <[email hidden]>
Quoted message said:IIRC, a few months back, I had an exchange of posts with Jan on the
subject of ER visits for methylphenidate abuse after she posted a claim
that ER admissions for methylphenidate abuse was growing at an alarming
rate.
Quoted message said:As I told Jan then, the US federal government tracks US "ED mentions"
through DAWN (Drug Abuse Warning Network). http://dawninfo.samhsa.gov/
Quoted message said:gave Jan some of the info taken from the DAWN reports that indicated
that methylphenidate abuse was declining, not growing, but she didn't
seem to care that the DAWN figures contradicted her claim, ignoring them
while she continued to claim that methylphenidate was extremely
dangerous.
Quoted message said:Here's some of the info in DAWN's various reports WRT abuse of
methylphenidate.
Quoted message said:- Methylphenidate results in well over a hundred thousand fewer ER
visit
There's no doubt about it, abuse has increased, as the rate of prescriptions
has increased also. Also ER visits.
Read away.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Ritalin+abuse+has+incre
ased&btnG=Google+Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=Ritalin+abuse+in+emerge
ncy+rooms&btnG=Google+Search
Jan