Poison control centers say there's an alarming rise in the number of teen-agers who are overdosing on attention-deficit disorder medication, the Associated Press writes.
The calls about the ADHD drugs have jumped 76 percent over eight years, the American Association of Poison Control Centers said. There were four deaths listed in the study but around 40% of the rest were bad enough to require a hospital visit.
"It's bad news on an entrenched problem," said Steve Pasierb of The Partnership for a Drug-Free America.
The study was released Monday in the journal Pediatrics.
Monday, August 24, 2009
ADHD Overdoses Among Teens Rising
Posted by Marshall County Anti-Drug Coalition at 9:40 AM
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It is sad that many teen-agers that use those medication drugs for ADHD wrongly. They are using them to keep themselves high not knowing that too much of everything is bad and certainly something bad will happen if they continue overdosing themselves with ADHD medications.
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