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- From: jpk@Ingres.COM (Jon Krueger)
- Subject: Re: ADD
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.003158.19898@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Reply-To: jpk@Ingres.COM (Jon Krueger)
- Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
- References: <1992Dec22.091126.36664@uservx.plk.af.mil> <00725522038@elgamy.jpunix.com> <1992Dec28.214529.25665@newstand.syr.edu>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 00:31:58 GMT
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- Mark D. Kline writes:
- > Perhaps little is known because long term adverse consequences are
- > little. If long term adverse consequences were common or severe, we
- > would probably know, given the massive exposure to Ritalin among
- > children thought to have ADHD. There are many people who have been
- > on Ritalin for many years without apparent ill effects.
-
- Our knowledge of effects of low level doses of (or exposure to) a
- substance over long periods is seldom a function of the severity of
- the effects or how common they are. How blatant they are, and how
- distinguishable from other phenomena endemic to the population, are
- better predictors of how much we're likely to know about the effects.
-
- > I don't think its appropriate for a classroom teacher to be giving
- > advice on prescription medications on sci.psychology.
-
- I don't think it's appropriate for a medical doctor to be giving
- advice on pharmacology, behavior, or behavioral pharmacology. His
- training in them is minimal and his knowledge usually reflects it.
-
- -- Jon
- --
- Jon Krueger jpk@ingres.com
-