ADHD and Stimulants Show No Effect on Height Laird Harrison September 02, 2014 Neither attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) nor the drugs used to treat it appear to be linked to children's growth or their stature in adulthood, a new study sho
카테고리 없음 2014. 9. 4. 08:13ADHD and Stimulants Show No Effect on Height
Laird Harrison
September 02, 2014
Neither attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) nor the drugs used to treat it appear to be linked to children's growth or their stature in adulthood, a new study shows.
"Our findings suggest that ADHD treatment with stimulant medication is not associated with differences in adult height or significant changes in growth," write Elizabeth B. Harstad, MD, MPH, from Boston Children's Hospital in Massachusetts, and colleagues.
Their study was published online September 1 in Pediatrics.
Previous research has produced a foggy picture of the relationships among ADHD, stimulants, and growth. Whereas some studies suggest that young adolescents with ADHD are shorter than their peers without ADHD, regardless of treatment, others suggest that patients with ADHD who are not treated with stimulants are taller than their peers. Still other studies suggest that
Laird Harrison
September 02, 2014
Neither attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) nor the drugs used to treat it appear to be linked to children's growth or their stature in adulthood, a new study shows.
"Our findings suggest that ADHD treatment with stimulant medication is not associated with differences in adult height or significant changes in growth," write Elizabeth B. Harstad, MD, MPH, from Boston Children's Hospital in Massachusetts, and colleagues.
Their study was published online September 1 in Pediatrics.
Previous research has produced a foggy picture of the relationships among ADHD, stimulants, and growth. Whereas some studies suggest that young adolescents with ADHD are shorter than their peers without ADHD, regardless of treatment, others suggest that patients with ADHD who are not treated with stimulants are taller than their peers. Still other studies suggest that
