ADHD and Stimulants: Medication Fears, Debunked
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ADHD and stimulants stir up medication fears about the safety of rigorously studied treatment. Why?

[N]o other class of medications in virtually all of medicine inspires more baseless fears, intentional disinformation, and wild beliefs as do the stimulants used to treat ADHD.

Interestingly, these fears are almost entirely an American phenomenon that hardly exists elsewhere in the world.

[H]aving ADHD lowers a person’s estimated life expectancy by 12.7 years.

From other articles on the site:

  • ADHD medication use lowers risk of death by 19%, risk of overdose by 50%, and it reduces hospitalizations

  • [T]he risk of substance abuse decreases substantially when [ADHD] patients are treated with stimulant medication

  • SubstantialNothingness [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    I think methamphetamine is less neurotoxic than amphetamine at the equivalent dosage, although that’s only what I heard - never looked into it to say that I know this for a fact.

    I can see how that could be the case. It’s prodrug action through amphetamine is always going to be lesser on a per gram basis.

    Did you know that Ohler has a new book out called Tripped about psychedelics?

    Yes but I didn’t know we have it on TankieTube! Maybe I’ll listen to it this weekend. Psychedelics are very interesting to me.