Is the Rise in ADHD Drugs a Pharmaceutical Campaign?

Could the increase in doctor prescribed ADHD drugs be because of pharmaceutical companies trying to cash in our the mental health of our children?   It sounds like the plot of a Hollywood thriller, however in this ending our child’s health is at stake.

By Alan Schwarz
From New York Times

“The rise of A.D.H.D. diagnoses and prescriptions for stimulants over the years coincided with a remarkably successful two-decade campaign by pharmaceutical companies to publicize the syndrome and promote the pills to doctors, educators and parents. With the children’s market booming, the industry is now employing similar marketing techniques as it focuses on adult A.D.H.D., which could become even more profitable.”

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Learning about ADHD counseling and alternative treatments to ADHD is the best way to keep your child off ADHD drugs.    We owe it to our children to give them the best treatments possible.    In today’s society it is fun to pretend a magic pill can solve all of our problems but often it is not.   The mental health of our children are at stake.   They deserve better.

Some alternative treatments for Childhood ADHD are; low processed and sugary food diet, plenty of exercise, keeping options for the child simple (for example only limit selections of dinner to 2 choices instead of a whole menu.), etc.    These are simple strategies to control your child’s ADHD without the use of potentially addictive and mind altering ADHD drugs.

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