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From: David LaRue <huey.dll@tampabay.rr.com>
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Subject: Re: And There It Is - Someone Finally Realizes "ADHD" Drugs Can Cause Heart Damage
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2024 16:18:02 -0000 (UTC)
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"68hx.1805" <68hx.1804@g5t7x.net> wrote in
news:4ducnW0EudPveZn7nZ2dnZfqn_idnZ2d@earthlink.com: 

> https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13244765/Adderall-ADHD-drug-fa
> tal-heart-damage.html 
> 
> Fears over long-term effects of Adderall as study suggests
> drug can cause fatal heart damage
> 
> People prescribed stimulants were 57% more likely to have a
> weakened heart
> 
> Researchers from the University of Colorado looked at Americans
> between the age of 20 and 40 who were prescribed Adderall or
> Ritalin for their ADHD.
> 
> They found patients were nearly 60 percent more likely to
> have a weakened heart eight years after taking them compared
> with people who also had ADHD but who are not taking those
> medications.
> 
> The stimulant drugs work by altering levels of chemicals in
> the brain to enhance concentration and focus, but there are
> concerns they can also elevate blood pressure by causing the
> heart to beat faster and with greater force.
> 
> Over time this can weaken the heart and lead to the heart
> muscle becoming thicker, stiffer and larger. This can cause
> an irregular heartbeat, heart failure, or a life-threatening
> condition called cardiac arrest.
> 
> . . .
> 
>    They've been handing these things out like candy for
>    decades so kids won't act - horrors - like kids.
> 
>    All these drugs are sub-variants of amphetamines. Check
>    into the micro-arterial damage done by amphetamine use.
> 
>    How many are going to suffer painful/expensive
>    deterioration and early death just for the
>    convenience of Ms. Perkins at the local school ?
> 

Until they teach discipline and rules for children there will be problems 
in schools and (now) workplaces.

I've seen relatives with abolutely no rules for their kids (now teens) be 
hell on the parents and teachers.  We've babysat the kids in their younger 
years (1-6 grade) and the kids responded to giving them rules when here and 
they always behaved.  When the parents came to collect their kids they 
would always ask how we managed to get them to do work, interested in 
things, take baths, and go to bed on time.  The parents never "got it" that 
raising kids with no rules led to all their problems in school and at home.  
One is ADHD medicated and has been allowed to where his sister's clothes 
while growing up.  He learns well but is having trouble relating to peers.  
Yes he wants to transition now and the parents shipped him off to 
California so he can live as she wants.  He/She still has problems there 
and I've been informed the parents solution is for them (the parents and 
daughter) to move to California to be near the other child and support 
whatever she wants to do.

Regarding the ADHD medication, we've seen it help some kids and not work 
for some.  Those whose parents were drug addicts whether in that home or a 
new home with loving parents (adopted at birth) never quite stayed with the 
drugs full time (usually weekends) and would have ongoing behavior problems 
as a result.

Most drugs have long term issues, as do many illnesses, that lead to 
arterial damage late in life.  Choose wisely and please eat and live well, 
but not to an exterme, to live a long and healthy life.