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Medication not helping children with ADHD study finds
Ninety percent of children who have been diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder) are not getting any benefits from the drugs they have been prescribed according a new study.
This study was carried out by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Children’s Centre where they tracked 180 children who had been diagnosed with ADHD between the ages of 3 and 5 years old.
Out of the participants, two-thirds of the children had been put on medication and 6 years later, 62 percent of those on medication still had “clinically significant” hyperactivity and impulsivity compared with 58 percent of those not taking any medication.
65 percent of the children in the study on medication for their ADHD also still suffered from severe inattention … Read More