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Ritalin May Trigger Long-Term Brain Cell Changes
Kids all
over the country take Ritalin to relieve symptoms of attention deficit
hyperactivity disorder. The drugs use has dramatically increased since first
appearing on the market in 1980. Now how many college students get restless and
bored when certain teachers drone on and on in their lectures. Lets face it some
people can not present the work in an interesting enough way to keep our
attention. So are we all stricken with ADD?
Doctors have always
considered the drug to be short acting, meaning that once it worked its way
through the child's system, it was gone. But according to a study presented just
last month at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Ritalin may
trigger brain changes that remain after the child quits taking the drug.
Researchers have long known that Ritalin acts in the brain much like
cocaine and amphetamines. However they have not thought there were any lasting
affects after the drug is out of a child or adult's system. In the study
presented by a researcher in psychology at the University of Buffalo, they gave
one group of young rats sweetened milk containing a relatively high dose of
Ritalin. The dose and the time of day of the rats' treatment was comparable to a
child's dosing schedule. The other group was given plain sweetened milk. After
90 minutes, researchers analyzed the rats' brains.
They found that
certain brain cell genes called 'immediate early genes' were switched on, and
that action caused changes in some aspects of nerve cell function. Amphetamines
and cocaine both cause similar gene changes in areas of the brain that control
movement and motivation. They go on to say that these findings don't mean this
drug is bad. But would you want to be giving it to any of your children. I know
I certainly wouldn't.
The fact remains that there is no solid evidence
that ADHD is a genuine disorder or disease of any kind. There is no proof of any
physical abnormalities in the brains or bodies of the children who are routinely
labeled ADHD. This is still a controversial diagnosis with little or no
scientific or medical basis.
Nora Volkow, head of the biology and
medical departments at New York's Brookhaven National Laboratory says that "This
study is telling us something we cannot ignore. And Ritalin's therapeutic
effects may in fact require activation of a sequence that can produce addiction,
but when properly activated can enhance performance and can improve function in
a child with ADHD." But if they do not know what causes this disorder then how
can they properly monitor any of this. Whether it be the disorder itself or the
changes the Ritalin causes.
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