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I find it most interesting that it's apparently no problem to find doctors willing to prescribe ADD medicines to healthy university students. (I can't imagine b

by Aqwis 11y ago

I find it most interesting that it's apparently no problem to find doctors willing to prescribe ADD medicines to healthy university students. (I can't imagine black-market Adderall being affordable for students.) Is there no sort of oversight here at all?

ethanbond 11y ago
Black market Adderall is totally affordable, considering the potential cost of not having it. A single class can easily cost over a thousand dollars in per-credit tuition, never mind the compounding losses from being behind schedule to finish your curriculum. $5 for the last 8 hour burst of productivity needed to avoid that? Any sane person would make that trade, especially if it's taken rarely enough that it won't damage your brain too much. Honestly the kids who do have scripts are more concerning than the ones who take it once or twice a semester.
liquidise 11y ago
Engineers tend to over-engineer. Law makers tend to make too many laws. Medical professionals tend to over-medicate. There is data aplenty that suggests an over abundance of psychological diagnosis, and we can infer medicating for these potentially bad diagnosis.
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bbarn 11y ago
There are quite a few doctors out there who do nothing but write rx's for stimulants, all day long, and make a killing doing it. A semi-annual blood pressure check and once over to make sure the person doesn't look strung out seems to be all that really needs to be done. Problem is, the diagnostic criteria are things that everyone has in some degree, and that frankly, for most people stimulants improve function - whether that function was a baseline negative or zero before.
- vxNsr 11y ago
  A quick data point I have a close relative who is a primary care doctor and they've said that many many patients come in to the office and claim to have adhd sometimes they're regular patients other times they're first timers. At first the doctor would spend an hour explaining why they didn't really have adhd and they'd be okay - that never worked the patient would never return, they'd just find another doctor who was a little less tightfisted. So this doctor has given they just prescribe whenever the patient asks for it. Why should they lose a patient?
batiudrami 11y ago
When I was at uni a pill was only $1-$2. Less than a cup of coffee and much more effective if you have a long night ahead of you.
e15ctr0n 11y ago
ADHD medication used as 'study drug' - San Jose Mercury News (2005) http://www.kaleo.org/adhd-medication-used-as-study-drug/article_a9b6a89b-4d34-513c-92d1-44c0224fe610.html http://www.kaleo.org/adhd-medication-used-as-study-drug/arti... http://www.parentingbanter.com/showthread.php?t=49062 http://www.parentingbanter.com/showthread.php?t=49062

by Aqwis 11y ago

ethanbond 11y ago

Black market Adderall is totally affordable, considering the potential cost of not having it. A single class can easily cost over a thousand dollars in per-credit tuition, never mind the compounding losses from being behind schedule to finish your curriculum. $5 for the last 8 hour burst of productivity needed to avoid that? Any sane person would make that trade, especially if it's taken rarely enough that it won't damage your brain too much. Honestly the kids who do have scripts are more concerning than the ones who take it once or twice a semester.

liquidise 11y ago

Engineers tend to over-engineer. Law makers tend to make too many laws. Medical professionals tend to over-medicate. There is data aplenty that suggests an over abundance of psychological diagnosis, and we can infer medicating for these potentially bad diagnosis.

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bbarn 11y ago

There are quite a few doctors out there who do nothing but write rx's for stimulants, all day long, and make a killing doing it. A semi-annual blood pressure check and once over to make sure the person doesn't look strung out seems to be all that really needs to be done. Problem is, the diagnostic criteria are things that everyone has in some degree, and that frankly, for most people stimulants improve function - whether that function was a baseline negative or zero before.

vxNsr 11y ago
A quick data point I have a close relative who is a primary care doctor and they've said that many many patients come in to the office and claim to have adhd sometimes they're regular patients other times they're first timers. At first the doctor would spend an hour explaining why they didn't really have adhd and they'd be okay - that never worked the patient would never return, they'd just find another doctor who was a little less tightfisted. So this doctor has given they just prescribe whenever the patient asks for it. Why should they lose a patient?

batiudrami 11y ago

When I was at uni a pill was only $1-$2. Less than a cup of coffee and much more effective if you have a long night ahead of you.

e15ctr0n 11y ago

ADHD medication used as 'study drug' - San Jose Mercury News (2005) http://www.kaleo.org/adhd-medication-used-as-study-drug/article_a9b6a89b-4d34-513c-92d1-44c0224fe610.html http://www.kaleo.org/adhd-medication-used-as-study-drug/arti... http://www.parentingbanter.com/showthread.php?t=49062 http://www.parentingbanter.com/showthread.php?t=49062