Ritalin: profile and news

Bath Man Sentenced For Pharmacy Robbery  16 May 2006
He demanded Oxycontin from the pharmacist, but made off with two bottles of Ritalin instead after becoming impatient and jumping over the counter when the ... - WLBZ-TV,

TeenScreen and Psychiatry -- Pseudo-Science or Scam?  16 May 2006
There is no Ritalin, Paxil or Prozac flowing through a normal child's brain. ... Worldwide production of Ritalin went from 2.8 tons in 1990 to 15.3 tons in 1997. ... - SierraTimes.com

It is healthier to be thin  16 May 2006
The FDA also found 54 nonfatal problems, including heart attack and stroke in adults and children on Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta and other stimulants. ... - Pioneer Press,

Tuesday, May 16, 2006, 3:12 pm  16 May 2006
Nineteen percent, nearly one in five, have used prescription pain medicine to get high, drugs like Vicodin, Oxycontin or Ritalin. ... - NBC5.com,

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder not just a kids’ ...  16 May 2006
...adults. Most physicians will begin by prescribing a stimulant, such as Ritalin, Adderall or Concerta. 3. Educate yourself. Knowledge ... - San Luis Obispo Tribune,

Seek out low- or no-risk options to treat ADHD  16 May 2006
Popular ones include Ritalin (methylphenidate), Adderall, Dextroamphetamine and Concerta. In the street, these drugs might be referred to as speed. ... - Newsday,

Study: One in five teens have tried prescription painkillers  16 May 2006
In addition to those drugs, other popular prescription drugs being abused in Savannah include Lortab, Xanax, Soma, Adderall and Ritalin. ... - Savannah Morning News,

Opens Friday at Shaker Square Cinemas  16 May 2006
Carell's hysterically funny line readings — so perfectly matched to the excitable Hammy's "rodent-on-Ritalin" hijinks — made me laugh so hard I almost wet ... - Cleveland Free Times,

1 in 5 teens has abused painkillers  16 May 2006
Ambien for sleeping. Some have tried Ritalin, which is used for attention deficit disorder, to help them focus for exams. "In the ... - NorthJersey.com,

Interest on rise for ADHD behavioral therapy  16 May 2006
...committees of the Food and Drug Administration have recommended that warning labels on ADHD drugs, most of them stimulants such as Ritalin, be strengthened ... - DetNews.com,

Teens find a high in the medicine cabinet  16 May 2006
In one episode of the hit show "Desperate Housewives," for example, a mother uses her child's Ritalin as a stimulant to get her chores done. ... - DetNews.com,

Generation Rx: National Study Confirms Abuse of Prescription and ...  16 May 2006
...in five (19 percent or 4.5 million) teens has tried prescription medication (pain relievers such as Vicodin and OxyContin; stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall ... - Yahoo! News (press release)

An alternative to Ritalin prescribes exercise instead  May 4, 2006
Nonetheless, the DORE program has attracted parents anxious to help their children and increasingly worried about the side effects of Ritalin and other ... - Boston Globe,

Ritalin alternative comes in form of patch  Apr 17, 2006
...carton of milk and skipping over their last hopscotch square, children can be found filing into the nurse's office for their midday dose of Ritalin or one of ... - El Paso Times,

Treating adult ADD may improve focus  May 15, 2006
...it. My wife thinks that I need to be on medication like Ritalin for it, but I wonder if I really need it at this point in my life. ... - Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),

Resolving the Boy Crisis in Schools  May 13, 2006
Many healthy, energetic, intelligent boys are branded as behavior problems as soon as they begin school, and are punished and put on Ritalin or other drugs so ... - American Daily,

Why Public Schools Pressure Parents To Give Their Kids Mind ...  May 13, 2006
Too often, they pressure parents to give Ritalin (or similar drugs) to "calm" children down or make them "focus" on their work. ... - American Daily,

More students are popping pals' Ritalin to get an edge  May 10, 2006
Students toiling over finals will join a growing number of their peers across the country who are popping pills such as Adderall and Ritalin to stay alert and ... - DetNews.com,

Steve Howe's Untold Story: From Ritalin To Cocaine  May 8, 2006
...'Steve Howe died at 48 when his pick-up truck rolled over in the wee small hours of April 28 in Coachella, California. Riverside ... - DisInfo.com,

Steve Howe's Untold Story  May 6, 2006
...the Mets. He took a hit and thought it might be okay for him because "it reminded me of all the Ritalin I'd done as a kid. I said ... - CounterPunch,

Cramming students popping ADHD pills  May 9, 2006
College health centers are aware of the latest twist on abuse of stimulants for ADHD, which began in the 1990s with the recreational use of Ritalin and has ... - Allentown Morning Call,

like coffee, but better  May 9, 2006
ANTONIO - Students toiling over finals will join a growing number of their peers across the country who are popping pills such as Adderall and Ritalin to stay ... - AZ Central.com,

Should You Medicate Your Child's Mind?  May 8, 2006
For example, treatment with stimulants, like Adderall or Ritalin, can cause difficulty sleeping, loss of appetite, weight loss, stunted growth after extended ... - ABC7Chicago.com,

Students abusing ADHD drugs  May 8, 2006
Prescription stimulants include Concerta, Adderall and Ritalin. ... One in 10 teenagers has abused prescription stimulants such as Ritalin. ... - Indianapolis Star,

Black Market for ADD Drugs  May 4, 2006
Sales of popular Attention Deficit Drugs like Ritalin and Adderall added up to over 2.7 billion dollars in 2004, with more than 33 million prescriptions filled ... - Youth Radio,

LaRoche benched two games  May 15, 2006
...with attention deficit disorder in high school, but doesn't take medication because he didn't like how it made him feel when he tried Ritalin years ago. ... - Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription),

ADHD: Fact, exaggeration or myth?  May 9, 2006
One of the many ADHD Web sites indicates that one in eight children (about 6 million) will take Ritalin or other stimulants for ADHD, that prescriptions for ... - Orlando Sentinel,

Brain 'roids  May 12, 2006
...from attention defecit. What would drive students to take drugs like Adderall and Ritalin without a prescription? It's because many ... - World Magazine Blog,

Can Your Child Take A ADHD Med Summer Break?  May 12, 2006
...break. Millions of kids take drugs like Adderal and Ritalin to treat attention deficit disorder otherwise known as ADD or ADHD. ... - KUTV,

Students Report Abusing ADHD Drugs  May 8, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS, May 8, 2006 (UPI) -- Addiction to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder medications, such as Adderall and Ritalin, reportedly is rising among ... - Post Chronicle

Nadine Lambert, 79; UC Scholar Was Leader in School Mental Health ...  May 6, 2006
In the study, which created a stir, she found that the children who were treated with stimulant drugs such as Ritalin to control ADHD started smoking ... - Los Angeles Times,

Educators Split Over 'Digital Divide'  May 3, 2006
The "appalling overuse" of the drug Ritalin is a consequence of the increasing use of computers and digital media in schools, Baroness Susan Greenfield, the ... - MacNewsWorld,

Tom Cruise Keeps Going And Going And Going  May 7, 2006
The interview became more heated when Lauer, who said he knew people who had been helped by the attention-deficit disorder drug Ritalin, asked Cruise about the ... - The Moderate Voice

Reports: ADHD Medicine Has Serious Adverse Reactions  May 3, 2006
SAN DIEGO -- Ritalin and other stimulant drugs for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder work wonders for children who are unable to focus normally. ... - 10News.com,

Students report abusing ADHD drugs  May 8, 2006
INDIANAPOLIS: Addiction to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder medications, such as Adderall and Ritalin, reportedly is rising among US teenagers. ... - NewKerala.com,

Ask Dr. H | Treating ADD with drugs in a 45-year-old  May 8, 2006
My wife thinks that I need to be on medication like Ritalin for it, but I wonder if I really need it? What is your opinion of treating ADD in adults? ... - Philadelphia Inquirer,

Students' supplement pitched as alternative to prescription abuse  May 4, 2006
...exams, thousands will snub the coffee, Vivarin, and Red Bull and reach instead for far more potent study aids in illegal prescriptions of Ritalin and Adderall. ... - Kentucky.com,

Mary Riddell  May 13, 2006
Despite the British obsession with juvenile obesity, BabyFirstTV will apparently be here by Christmas, offering visual Ritalin for cradle couch potatoes. ... - The Observer,

A deprivation of true inspiration  May 1, 2006
...weak in the knees. I wanna speak louder than Ritalin, for all the children who think that they've got a disease. These are the wonderfully ... - On Line opinion,

Schuckit Addresses State-of-the-Art Addiction Treatments  May 14, 2006
So [a physician might ask] why not give a patient a dopamine receptor agonist during withdrawal like Ritalin [Methylphenidate], or drugs that affect the ... - Psychiatric Times,

Peter Bronson  May 14, 2006
...minorities. • Boys are five times as likely to be expelled from school, and nine times more likely to be given Ritalin behavior drugs. ... - Cincinnati Enquirer,

A blessing in disguise  May 13, 2006
For the first five games of the season, Cecil regularly took Adderall, a Ritalin-type medication used to treat his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder ... - Diamondback Online,

Stress-free new mantra for schools?  May 14, 2006
As in, proponents say, a healthy alternative to a culture that force-feeds millions of kids medications like Ritalin each day in a frantic attempt to calm them ... - MaineToday.com,

Study: ADHD Drugs Might Stunt Kids' Growth  May 2, 2006
Researchers at Children's Hospital in Boston reviewed more than 20 studies that reviewed the relationship between ADHD drugs, like Ritalin, and stunted growth. ... - NBC6.net,

ADHD drugs could stunt growth  May 2, 2006
Researchers at the Children's Hospital in Boston reviewed over 20 studies that looked at the relationship between ADHD drugs, like Ritalin, and stunted growth. ... - WNDU-TV,

Ritalin may decrease the hypotensive effect of guanethidine. Use cautiously with pressor agents.

Human pharmacologic studies have shown that Ritalin may inhibit the metabolism of coumarin anticoagulants, anticonvulsants (phenobarbital, diphenylhydantoin, primidone), phenylbutazone, and tricyclic drugs (imipramine, clomipramine, desipramine). Downward dosage adjustments of these drugs may be required when given concomitantly with Ritalin.

Serious adverse events have been reported in concomitant use with clonidine, although no causality for the combination has been established. The safety of using methylphenidate in combination with clonidine or other centrally acting alpha-2 agonists has not been systemically evaluated.

 


Chemical IUPAC Name
methyl2-phenyl-2-(2-piperidyl)ethanoate

Chemical Formula
C14H19NO2

Half Life
2.4 hours in children and 2.1 hours in adults

Drug Type
Approved Drug

# Accession No
APRD00657

CAS Registry Number
113-45-1