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	<title>ADDiva - celebrating ADD-ish women &#187; medication</title>
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		<title>Warning! Doctors can sell your Rx history to Big Pharma</title>
		<link>http://www.addiva.net/2011/06/26/warning-doctors-can-sell-your-rx-history-to-big-pharma/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD news flash]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In yet another consumer-bashing move, the US Supreme Court ruled June 23, 2011, that pharmaceutical companies may now purchase lists of the drugs that individual doctors prescribe (without the name of the patient) for marketing purposes.

The ruling was made using the First Amendment Freedom of Speech argument that if researchers and journalist were allowed to gather such records, then marketers deserved equal access. Um, this doesn't exactly seem like freedom of speech to me. It's more like data mining. And that pretty much sucks. <a href="http://www.addiva.net/2011/06/26/warning-doctors-can-sell-your-rx-history-to-big-pharma/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Warnings on generics: Supreme Court rules against consumers</title>
		<link>http://www.addiva.net/2011/06/25/generic-meds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[But what about our safety and our right to full disclosure? Is the tradeoff for cheaper prescription prices an incomplete warning label about a potentially long-term, debilitating neurological condition? In this case, apparently so.

What does this mean for generic manufacturers? That they may skip merrily down the road producing medications that may or may not negatively impact the end user without telling us about newly-discovered problems.

What does this mean for ADD medications? It means "caveat emptor" - let the buyer beware. The drugs that are "off patent" may or may not have new, serious side effects. But if we take a generic we'll never know, because there is no requirement that we be told about them. And now, no way to seek legal recourse against the company that produced the drug. <a href="http://www.addiva.net/2011/06/25/generic-meds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Neurotoxicity and meds</title>
		<link>http://www.addiva.net/2011/02/27/neurotoxicity-and-meds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 16:11:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD treatment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buried in the fine print of an article in Wikipedia, I found some rather disturbing information. A number of releasing agents, notably many of those derived from amphetamine, have been found to be neurotoxic to serotonin and/or dopamine neurons via &#8230; <a href="http://www.addiva.net/2011/02/27/neurotoxicity-and-meds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Depression delights</title>
		<link>http://www.addiva.net/2010/07/03/depression-delights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jul 2010 12:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD treatment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was actually a miracle/stroke of genius/blessing that I stopped taking my Adderall because it peeled back the covers to reveal a more basic issue that I probably wouldn't have noticed otherwise. When Dr. Ware told me that  depression actually causes cell death in the brain (which is repairable, thank goodness) I suddenly understood why Iâ€™ve been struggling with even basic tasks (but embarrassed to admit it). <a href="http://www.addiva.net/2010/07/03/depression-delights/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Three weeks without Adderall</title>
		<link>http://www.addiva.net/2010/05/31/3-weeks-without-adderall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 15:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, it&#39;s been three weeks since my last Adderall and I am reporting on the effects (or lack of them). For the first few days, I found myself on autopilot, reaching for the pill case that contained my little blue &#8230; <a href="http://www.addiva.net/2010/05/31/3-weeks-without-adderall/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulating everybody&#8217;s brain?</title>
		<link>http://www.addiva.net/2010/03/27/stimulating-everybodys-brain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.addiva.net/2010/03/27/stimulating-everybodys-brain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ADHD treatment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first tried stimulants they put me to sleep! It was the first thing that convinced me that I really had ADHD. I'd heard that people with ADHD have a "paradoxical response" to medication, so if I was sleepy after I took Dextrostat, I must have an ADD brain. <a href="http://www.addiva.net/2010/03/27/stimulating-everybodys-brain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stimulating everybody&#039;s brain?</title>
		<link>http://www.addiva.net/2010/03/27/stimulating-everybodys-brain-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.addiva.net/2010/03/27/stimulating-everybodys-brain-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 08:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I first tried stimulants they put me to sleep! It was the first thing that convinced me that I really had ADHD. I'd heard that people with ADHD have a "paradoxical response" to medication, so if I was sleepy after I took Dextrostat, I must have an ADD brain. <a href="http://www.addiva.net/2010/03/27/stimulating-everybodys-brain-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adderall &amp; Vitamin C interaction</title>
		<link>http://www.addiva.net/2009/06/21/adderall-vitamin-c-interaction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.addiva.net/2009/06/21/adderall-vitamin-c-interaction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.addiva.net/?p=851</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am working with a new psychiatrist (nothing wrong with the old one; Dr. W specializes in mid-life women with ADHD). She is running me through a trial of three new meds, none of which were on the market 15 &#8230; <a href="http://www.addiva.net/2009/06/21/adderall-vitamin-c-interaction/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Adderall &amp; Vitamin C interaction</title>
		<link>http://www.addiva.net/2009/06/21/adderall-vitamin-c-interaction-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.addiva.net/2009/06/21/adderall-vitamin-c-interaction-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:38:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am working with a new psychiatrist (nothing wrong with the old one; Dr. W specializes in mid-life women with ADHD). She is running me through a trial of three new meds, none of which were on the market 15 &#8230; <a href="http://www.addiva.net/2009/06/21/adderall-vitamin-c-interaction-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping ADHD meds in perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.addiva.net/2008/03/19/adhd-women-treatmentadd-women-meds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.addiva.net/2008/03/19/adhd-women-treatmentadd-women-meds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:58:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Linda</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ know it's heresy for an ADHD coach to say this, but I semi-agree with her. Study after study shows that addiction rates actually fall dramatically when ADHD meds are prescribed and administered appropriately (e.g. a drop from 81% drug abuse to 23% which is near the rate for the general population).

But when your ADD has kept you up all night and you have to go to work, it's awfully easy to pop an extra stimulant to wake up <a href="http://www.addiva.net/2008/03/19/adhd-women-treatmentadd-women-meds/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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