Ritalin linked to chromosomal changes

[Sheila]

This just in--

 

"In a small but startling preliminary new study, Texas researchers have found that after just three months, every one of a dozen children treated for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) with the drug methylphenidate experienced a threefold increase in levels of chromosome abnormalities—occurrences associated with increased risks of cancer and other adverse health effects." (Newswire)

 

Researchers at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston reported their findings in a journal Cancer, but it won't be published for several months. The journal editors have made it available now for paid subscribers.

 

For the abstract see this link and click on "articles in press" then search the page for methylphenidate (#13 on the list, at the moment).

 

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=JournalURL&_cdi=4992&_auth=y&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=120d31a92b40c7769b483ebc702f294c

 

 

Sheila

[Chemar]

thank you for this valuable information Sheila

 

I have just accessed the abstract and am going to post it in a few other relevant boards as well as email it to some folks who will be very interested in this.

[Chemar]

Here is a direct link to the abstract for anyone interested...I have condensed the URL as it was very long..........

 

http://tinyurl.com/5lze9

[Andy]

For over 18 years or so I have been saying at IEP meetings, "Well I'm not a doctor so I can not give medical advice but I would think I would read up on alternative measures before seeing a doctor" and wouldn't you know it every time before I was able to pass over some information packets on the Fiengold diet or Gary Null someone at the meeting would recommend a doctor who seemed to have had great results with a student they knew. Ritlan was given out like candy back then and now it is a new product, which I care not to mention, that is being given out as a first choice and not as a last choice.