Posts tagged as Adderall

"The FDA is now reporting that... the shortage is easing in some parts of the country. Pharmaceutical company Shire says there is 'adequate' availability of the brand-name version of Adderall, but generic versions remain in short supply. Drug manufacturer Mallinckrodt says it’s name-brand ADHD drug, Methylin, 'will be increasingly available as supply recovery continues.' This affects both the immediate- and extended-release versions of Methylin. But other ADHD drugs will remain in short supply for the first part of 2012."

A study has found

Pop Your Pills In Peace

Alex Balk | November 1, 2011

Good news, speed freaks: "An analysis of data collected from more than 1.2 million children and young adults between the ages of 2 and 24 years of age found no evidence that [Adderall, Ritalin and other ADHD drugs] increase the risk for heart problems, as had been feared."

What a World

And Now, the 84th Reason I Hate Adderall

Choire Sicha | March 16, 2010

Basically all my friends take Adderall. It's sort of fine? I mean, it's not like all of them are on the heroin or something. And as far as I can gather, most of the effects of The Ivy Speed, as I like to call it, are internal-by which I mean, I can't always tell! I wouldn't know. (Though I can tell when you're writing on Adderall, yes I can. That is reason #52 why I hate it. All that focusing really does something to your syntax. Something bad!) Still, I hate it, and find it boring, and I hate its massive over-use in young people (reason #17) though it's totally okay that you use it, and I am in a very glassy house over here as a smoker, which is probably way, way more socially and ethically annoying. But the 84th reason I hate your Adderall comes from the recent Society of Toxicology annual meeting, by way of NPR today. READ MORE

Adderall Will Make You Crazy, And Maybe Not Even The Good, Focused Kind

Alex Balk | November 9, 2009

You'll take some valuable lessons away from this local news spot on the HORRORS OF ADDERALL ADDICTION, but perhaps the most important thing you'll realize is that, man, kids today are just terrible. What a bunch of whiners. Get off my metaphorical lawn, kids of today!