The Cochrane Library recently conducted a study that revealed something that many mental health professionals, patients, parents and the public have suspected for some time: methylphenidate (Ritalin, ...

The stimulant drug methylphenidate "normalizes" activation of several brain areas in young patients with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to ...

Methylphenidate (Ritalin, Concerta, Daytrana, others) appears to have little or no effect in preschool children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), based on a randomized trial with a ...

Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens in new window) A pooling ...

(Reuters Health) - Children and young adults with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who are treated with the stimulants amphetamine or methylphenidate face a small but significant risk ...

Ritalin, a popular medication used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), may up the risk of abnormal heart rhythm shortly after being taken, a new study has found. Ritalin is one ...

A literature search was conducted using the MEDLINE (1950–Present) and PsycINFO (1806–Present) databases to identify head-to-head studies of long-acting MPH formulations. The final search was ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. (Bloomberg) — Shortages of ADHD medications that started ...

More than 6 million American children have been diagnosed with ADHD. As the girls among them grow up and have children of their own, concern has been rising that taking ADHD medication in early ...

Taking stimulant drugs like Adderall and Ritalin without having ADHD can make you less productive, a new study finds. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Melbourne ...

On the face of it, ADHD medications look complicated – there are a lot of them. Not only patients, but many providers have a hard time making sense of them, especially as there are new ones on the ...