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Prescribed medical use may have been higher, but was overall use higher? Assuming the anecdata in the tweet are true, I just can’t imagine 20-30% of people aged
by MontyCarloHall 5y ago
Prescribed medical use may have been higher, but was overall use higher? Assuming the anecdata in the tweet are true, I just can’t imagine 20-30% of people aged 16-30 were prescribed amphetamines in the 50s.
Anyway, given that medical use was probably high enough back in the day that we can draw reliable conclusions about its long-term effects, are there any studies discussing this?
- dcolkitt 5y agoSSC had a pretty comprehensive summary of the existing research on long-term medical amphetamine usage. The summary is that there's probably a health impact, but it's very small. The biggest risk is probably a 50% or so increased risk of Parkinsons. May be of more concern if you have the APOE4 allele. https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/12/28/adderall-risks-much-more-than-you-wanted-to-know/ https://slatestarcodex.com/2017/12/28/adderall-risks-much-mo...