Posted by scott-d-o on December 13, 2003, at 20:24:58
In reply to Re: Ritalin Boosts serotonin !?, posted by zeugma on December 13, 2003, at 18:04:15
> I didn't know MPH was relatively ineffective in adults. I do know Strattera is the first drug to be FDA approved for treatment of adult ADHD, for what that's worth.
>Yes, this is a good point.. Now that Strattera is out you have the company that manufactures the drug running television advertisements depicting an adult having problems focusing at work. The ad slyly never even mentions the name of the drug or that they are even a drug manufacturer. It seems like ADD wasn't even widely recognized as a disorder that occurred in adults until recently. My guess is that just as many adults have problems with ADD as do children. However, the liability of the substance abuse of stimulants caused much of the medical community to have "attention deficit" problems when it came to recognizing that the disorder even existed in adults. :-)
scott
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