Re: Ritalin Schedule II

[email hidden] (Jan) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/methylphenidate.html

Methylphenidate

Methylphenidate, a Schedule II substance, has a high potential for abuse and
produces many of the same effects as cocaine or the amphetamines. The abuse of
this substance has been documented among narcotic addicts who dissolve the
tablets in water and inject the mixture. Complications arising from this
practice are common due to the insoluble fillers used in the tablets. When
injected, these materials block small blood vessels, causing serious damage to
the lungs and retina of the eye. Binge use, psychotic episodes, cardiovascular
complications, and severe psychological addiction have all been associated with
methylphenidate abuse.

Methylphenidate is used legitimately in the treatment of excessive daytime
sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, as is the newly marketed Schedule IV
stimulant, modafinil (Provigil®). However; the primary legitimate medical use
of methylphenidate (Ritalin®, Methylin®, Concerta®) is to treat attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. The increased use of this
substance for the treatment of ADHD has paralleled an increase in its abuse
among adolescents and young adults who crush these tablets and snort the powder
to get high. Youngsters have little difficulty obtaining methylphenidate from
classmates or friends who have been prescribed it. Greater efforts to safeguard
this medication at home and school are needed.

http://www.saferchild.org/adhddebate.htm

New trend in marketing prescription drugs to parents: A new trend in
medications for attention-deficit disorder is to market them to parents in
several popular parenting and women's magazines. It's logical to assume, then,
that the drug manufacturers believe it's the parents who make the decisions
about which ADHD medications their children should be taking. We're greatly
concerned about this trend and wonder if it best suits a child's interests and
medical needs. Reportedly, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration also is
concerned about the advertisements and is moving to limit such advertising.

What would you like us to conclude from these two snippets?

Perhaps?

Conclusion - drugs can be abused and that's bad. When drugs are used
correctly, they do good. Clearly the DoJ differentiates legitimate
from illegitimate use.

Conclusion - part 2. Patients who are informed and participate in
their health care decisions are bad? and we should be "concerned"?

I think I'd be a lot more concerned if parents were uninformed and
abdicated responsibility for these decisions to a third party.

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Subject: Re: Ritalin Schedule II
From: [email hidden] (Jonathan Smith)
Date: 9/26/2003 9:39 AM Central Standard Time
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[email hidden] (Jan) wrote in message
news:<[email hidden]>...

Quoted message said:

http://www.usdoj.gov/dea/concern/methylphenidate.html

Methylphenidate

Methylphenidate, a Schedule II substance, has a high potential for abuse

and

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produces many of the same effects as cocaine or the amphetamines. The abuse

of

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this substance has been documented among narcotic addicts who dissolve the
tablets in water and inject the mixture. Complications arising from this
practice are common due to the insoluble fillers used in the tablets. When
injected, these materials block small blood vessels, causing serious damage

to

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the lungs and retina of the eye. Binge use, psychotic episodes,

cardiovascular

Quoted message said:

complications, and severe psychological addiction have all been associated

with

Quoted message said:

methylphenidate abuse.

Methylphenidate is used legitimately in the treatment of excessive daytime
sleepiness associated with narcolepsy, as is the newly marketed Schedule IV
stimulant, modafinil (Provigil®). However; the primary legitimate medical

use

Quoted message said:

of methylphenidate (Ritalin®, Methylin®, Concerta®) is to treat attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. The increased use of

this

Quoted message said:

substance for the treatment of ADHD has paralleled an increase in its abuse
among adolescents and young adults who crush these tablets and snort the

powder

Quoted message said:

to get high. Youngsters have little difficulty obtaining methylphenidate

from

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classmates or friends who have been prescribed it. Greater efforts to

safeguard

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this medication at home and school are needed.

http://www.saferchild.org/adhddebate.htm

New trend in marketing prescription drugs to parents: A new trend in
medications for attention-deficit disorder is to market them to parents in
several popular parenting and women's magazines. It's logical to assume,

then,

Quoted message said:

that the drug manufacturers believe it's the parents who make the decisions
about which ADHD medications their children should be taking. We're greatly
concerned about this trend and wonder if it best suits a child's interests

and

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medical needs. Reportedly, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration also is
concerned about the advertisements and is moving to limit such advertising.

What would you like us to conclude from these two snippets?

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Methylphenidate, a Schedule II substance, has a high potential for abuse and

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produces many of the

***same effects as cocaine or the amphetamines.***

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The

*** increased use***

of this

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substance for the treatment of ADHD has paralleled an increase in its abuse
among adolescents and young adults

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***Youngsters have little difficulty obtaining methylphenidate from

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classmates or friends***

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***Reportedly, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration also is

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concerned about the advertisements and is moving to limit such

advertising.***

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Subject: Re: Ritalin Schedule II
From: [email hidden] (Jan)
Date: 9/26/2003 8:14 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email hidden]>

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** increased use***

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of this

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substance for the treatment of ADHD has paralleled an increase in its

abuse

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among adolescents and young adults

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***Youngsters have little difficulty obtaining methylphenidate fro

from what my teenage nieces tell me...ANY drug can be easily obtained ....

again Janny ..you are mixing up the "abuse" of Ritalin with its prescribed
use...

these are different issues..

hmmm,,,,kids can also easily get Soma,,Oxy..Vicodin etc from "classmates and
friends"....do you propose the banning of ALL of these "addictive"
drugs..simply because some abuse them???

pray you never have terminal cancer or chronic acute low back pain...and you
are told "sorry...we cannot give you any relief,,cuz all potentially abused
meds have been banned"....

hawki