The Truth About ADHD Prescription Drugs and the Health of Your Child

Its unbelievable how many ADHD prescription drugstypes of prescription stimulants.
are available? There are many other medicationsThere are so many side effects with all ADHD
besides Adderal and Ritalin, these are the mostprescription drugs that many parents are turning to
common, but there are three categories of ADHDhealthier alternatives for their child. Parents notice that
prescription drugs. The main type of prescriptionwith prescription medications for ADHD their children in
medications for ADHD are long acting stimulants, nextgeneral have insomnia, headaches, eating disorders,
are the shorter or intermediate acting type stimulantsnausea and parents are tired of seeing them withdraw
and then there are non-stimulants.socially. Sadly these are not all of the side effects of
Each type of ADHD prescription has its own possibleprescription medications for ADHD.
side effects. The long acting type such as Vyvanse,Treating the symptoms of ADHD in your child without
Adderal XR, Concerta, Daytrana, Focalin XR,all of these chemicals is within your grasp if you are
Metadate CD, and Ritalin LA last all day, usually 8 to 12looking for a natural, alternative remedy.
hours which means they are taken only once a day.Recent research on the effects of ADHD prescription
Daytrana comes in patch form that your child wearsdrugs has found that there is more of a risk in
for just a few hours per day and the others come inadulthood for depression and also a greater probability
capsule form which can be sprinkled onto food if yourof substance and prescription abuse. No wonder many
child can not swallow a pill.parents are looking for an alternative for treating the
Ritalin, Dexedrine, Adderal, Dextrostat and Methylin ERsymptoms of ADHD which have no damaging side
are in the short to intermediate acting range. Theseeffects, no long term consequences and are quite
have fallen out of favor since the longer term types ofsuccessful.
ADHD prescription drugs are more convenient. MostYour child can have a productive, rewarding start in life
of these are available in generic form and much lessif you want to improve the symptoms of ADHD with
expensive than the longer term type prescriptionalternative ADHD remedies. It's motivation enough as a
medications for ADHD.parent to search for alternative treatments for your
Strattera is classified as a non-stimulant and usuallychild. ADHD can be treated safely and successfully
only prescribed because the stimulants don't work forwith natural treatments such as homeopathy.
some children or they have side effects to the other