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Children Medication and ADHD
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Children Medication and ADHD
Question 1
There are generally some problems that come along with medication of children.
Children’s bodies do not eliminate or absorb drugs same way as the adult's bodies do.
Consequently, their developing brain can be affected differently by the drugs, since the drugs
were tested on an adult. Children’s social development and psychosexual behavior may as well
be affected by psychotropic drugs. Some stimulants such as Ritalin have some terrible side
effects such difficulty in sleeping, irregular heartbeat amongst others, which slows child weight
gain and growth and to some extent can cause pre...