Posted by AC75 on February 10, 2006, at 10:47:20
In reply to FINALLY! Someone decides to read the label. » AC75, posted by SLS on February 10, 2006, at 7:06:39
Scott, I don't get the hostility in your tone. I don't even know how you read me as advocating such an extreme position. If you read the articles carefully, you'd discover the issue is one of LABELING and INVESTIGATION, not WITHDRAWING them from the public.
Um, YES -- the labels mention the risks. Whoop-dee-doo. They mention every possible little thing that could happen. How does that satisfy someone who wants to QUANTIFY the risks to the heart specifically?
Look: this was a kid's drug for decades. Then it got opened up to adults in a huge way (note the 90% increase in adult scrips in just the last 3-4 years). Now we have a new governing theory, that adults can take stims for decades on end. Your little list-of-symptoms is not going to help me decide whether I have a significantly increased risk of heart attack or stroke when I'm 50 or 60 because I took Concerta for 20 or 30 years straight (as other natural cardiovascular changes occur in the body, related to aging).
Coffee has been consumed for entire lifetimes for centuries. Methylphenidate has been used with younger populations (who are in any case at significantly less risk of heart disease) for only several years at a time. We've opened up a new front here, and all I'm saying is that we need new and better data. Who can disagree with that?
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