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ADHD MedicationADHD medication available by prescription are the most common form of medical treatment offered today by medical practitioners for sufferers of Attention Deficit Disorder. There are a number of different products available and each one has its own medical efficacy, level of effectiveness and list of side effects. There is an extensive body of medical evidence supporting the effectiveness of prescription ADHD medication, but there is also a raging controversay regarding the long-term safety of using these highly controlled substances in such a wide-spread manner.
Whatever your beliefs, if you or someone in your family has ADHD, you should learn as much as possible about each available ADHD medication and its strengths and weaknesses. By becoming informed, you will be able to make more intelligent choices when your doctor, psychiatrist, family friends, school officials or others tell you that these drugs are necessary in order to improve the life functioning of an ADHD child, teen or adult. When an ADHD medication is taken, the expected result should be a dramatic improvement in the mental functioning of the person, including a calmer demeanor, better focus, more impulse control, improved planning skills, greater sensitivity to others, and an overall ability to organize thoughts and actions. On the other side of the story, the side effects that most worry parents and others include sleeplessness, growth delay (in children), poor appetite, development of facial or other tics, and drug dependence. There are three major classes of prescription medications for ADHD presently in use: 1) stimulants that act to stimulate the under-functioning segments of the brain; 2) antidepressants that act by improving overall brain chemistry; and 3) alpha-2-adrenoreceptor agonists that act to reduce impulsivity. In the following pages, you will find more information on the various classes of ADHD medication as well as finding detailed information on the individual drugs themselves. Nature's Plan for ADD Success
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