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- From: petel@sequent.com (Pete Lancashire)
- Subject: Re: Ritalin
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.221217.3898@sequent.com>
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- References: <93003.114619X42125@BARILVM.BITNET>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 93 22:12:17 GMT
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- <X42125@BARILVM.BITNET> writes:
-
- >Please ecuse my english since this is
- >my first time posting. My 10 year old
- >son has ben on Ritalin for 1 year now
- >(1 pill 2 times a day) and he has
- >been having lately violence attacks.
- >My doctor has told me to cut the doze
- >to half a pill since he said that at
- >the end of the pill - there are some
- >cases of violence. I have heard of
- >other pills - Dexadrine, Cylert and
- >Tofranil - can any of these be used
- >to cut down random violent outbursts
- >and be used insted of Ritalin?
-
- >Any infomation on Ritalin would also
- >help.
-
- >Steve
-
- GET THE opinion of another doctor ASAP ! Find someone who has been
- keeping up on ADD/ADHD, a lot of papers have been published in the
- last two to three years. Ask why the british have almost stopped
- prescribing Ritalin, have you son checked for allergies and toxic
- reactions to Ritalin. Ask why your doctor what he has been doing
- to keep up on Ritalin, ask wher he was educated on its benifits
- (did that education come from CIBA ?) What was tried before
- the use of Ritalin ? Has your son had a psy. evaluation ?
- How about some nural tests ? Get other opinions, ask as many
- questions as you can. Enough for now, don't worry about your
- spelling, I can't spell very well either.
-
- -pete
- petel@sequent.com
-