ADHD Drugs are Unlikely To Cause Cardiac Damage in Children

7th January, 2019

11 January 2019, ADHD, News, Newsletter

[Source: Science Daily]

With more than 1.8 million children in the U.S. being treated annually with drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the possibility that such drugs could damage their hearts has been a significant cause of concern for parents and physicians alike.

Now, the results of a long-term National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded study published last month in Pediatric Research could allay many of those concerns.

The authors caution that because the study was conducted on primates, the findings are

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