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What are the long-term effects of medications for ADD / ADHD?

April 26, 2017adhd long-term medications

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What are the long-term effects of medications for ADD / ADHD?

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Ritalin was introduced in the 1950s as a treatment for narcolepsy (a condition in which a person suddenly falls asleep), and was first used for treatment of ADHD in the 1960s. Forty years later, there still have not been studies of the long-term effects.