Many parents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) kids are familiar with the problems associated with bedtime. ADD children may start whining and crying, have difficulty falling asleep, and frequently wake up in the middle of the night. Well, according to a recent article published in the September 2009 issue of Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, there is a possible link between ADHD and sleep disorders as researchers found that children with ADHD demonstrate significantly more difficulty sleeping at night than their non-ADHD peers.
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The Link Between ADHD, Poor Sleep, Attentiveness and Impulsivity
Thursday, March 4th, 2010Commonly Used ADHD Medicines Questioned by Study
Friday, February 19th, 2010A recent Australian study has managed to reveal a “significant lack of effect” of some of the most commonly used medicines to treat ADHD, and this has become a finding which has surprised many experts, including one of the researchers involved.
Co-author of the WA-based research, which analyzed the effectiveness of drugs now used almost everywhere to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in kids, Professor Lou Landau has been much shocked by the revelations of the study.
Curtin University misled about ADHD drug
Friday, January 9th, 2009THE ethics committee of an Australian university gave the green light to a study involving a trial of a new ADHD drug after being wrongly told by a researcher that the US Food and Drug Administration had dropped a “black box” warning that the drug brought an increased risk of suicidal thoughts.
It has also emerged that Curtin University failed to disclose to the parents of the children in the study the full extent of involvement in the study by Eli Lilly Australia, the multinational company that markets the drug, Strattera.
Concerns surrounding the conduct of the trial have emerged following a 15-month battle with the West Australian university and Eli Lilly to have details of the study released under Freedom of Information laws.
Seeking the best opinion concerning adhd
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