Posted by alohashirt on September 5, 2005, at 22:29:08
In reply to Re: Dead Kids??, posted by Bowtie Bob on September 2, 2005, at 7:26:32
> > > > I must be missing something but it killed kids? How is it different from ritalin? Fondly, Phillipa
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> > > There were many deaths (Heart abnormalities) due to Adderall XR in Canada-hence it's withdrawall
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> > It wasn't clear to me that there was a definitive conclusion that the deaths in question would not have occured if the children were not taking medication. I'm not saying Adderall does or doesn't kill - but that it wasn't clear that the data was conclusive.
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> I think the conclusion was that anyone who is pre-disposed to cardiac problems, or has a pre-existing one, is at much higher risk.
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The data didn't support that conclusion (I'm not saying it isn't true.) There were no such deaths in Canada. There were 12 sudden unexpected deaths worldwide in children who were taking Adderall or Adderall XR. This is out of approx 1 million children taking Adderall. Five of these children had structural heart abnormalities, one had been overexerting, one was believed to have overdosed. There are no statistics about the number of children who don't take Adderall that die similarly. It is known that about 4 or 5 children per million die annually of cardiac problems. These data points really don't point to an incxreased risk through use of Adderall. There is also no data that compares the rate of accidental death in ADHD children who do and don't receive stimulant treatment. There is experimental evidence that children who take Adderall or Ritalin score significantly better in Driver Education simulations.
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