No. Really.
Like, your heart might actually… break.
- Am J Ther. 2008 May-Jun;15(3):287-9.
Cardiomyopathy due to ingestion of adderall.Department of Medicine, Cooper Green Mercy Hospital, Birmingham, Alabama, USA. DHMarks@Yahoo.com
A patient is described who developed cardiomyopathy after receiving a therapeutic course of dextroamphetamine/amphetamine. The patient’s cardiac function deteriorated to the point of heart failure, necessitating a heart transplantation. Cardiomyopathy associated with amphetamine use is a serious and potentially lethal condition. With early diagnosis, identification of the cause, and treatment, cardiomyopathy may be reversible. The dangers of therapeutic use of amphetamines are discussed, as well as problems and assumptions associated with U.S. Food and Drug Administration monitoring and removal from the market of harmful substances.
PMID: 18496266 [PubMed - in process]
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This makes Ritalin seem like candy… (actually, by age 14, I was taking it like candy or selling it to the basketball team so I could buy candy).
Why educate when we can medicate? It’s a lot less work and there is a lot more money to be made. At least there was. One can only hope that Shire US Inc., makers of Adderall, will be the one’s receiving the bills for this transplant, and, unfortunately, for the many more to come.
What is Dual Diagnosis? A diagnosed mental illness combined with alcoholism and/or drug addiction. The problem with the whole concept is that by the time I was 14 my brain had already been trained to BE an addict. Feeling “fast”? Take your Ritalin!Feeling down? Take LOTS of Ritalin!
JJH