Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Pill for ADHD to help with weight loss?

Well, this is a first. Using Adderall to fight obesity.

Now, there are pills to fight obesity, but this isn't one of them. In fact, this drug is used to treat ADHD.

It might have a good side effect of weight loss for those that need it, but when I saw the risk such as death for those that have heart problems and possibly becoming maniac or hearing voices, it is a bit worrisome.

While this hasn't been approved by the FDA, it hasn't been seen as illegal either.

So is it ethical? That is a question that is being asked.

I think risks are big. Very big, especially with a heart problem.

If this drug was seen as being useful, some of the properties should be taken and others left out. Instead, it is being given to kids that don't need it for ADHD so they are getting medication for things that aren't a problem.

To me, it is almost like taking cold medicine to help you sleep. Yes, it works, but there is a lot of unnecessary medicine added into your body that you don't need.

Another thing I wonder about is whether or not the weight comes back if they stop taking the medicine. If so, to keep the weight off they would always have to take it and then comes the issue of effects that drugs can have on someone if they are used for a long period of time.

While the idea seems to be a decent one, there has to be a better way.

2 comments:

Piltsons dravel said...

A pill is unecessary. Since the ADHD os caused by too much sugar and too little saturated fat, it´s just a question of changing the diet. We go woefullt asatray if we try to correct our simple mistaked with complicated medicines. This is what happened in the cholesterol/statin tragedy, let´s not do it in the ADHD question too.

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