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A few years ago, my doctor encouraged me to stop taking Adderall based on the conventional wisdom that it was likely to cause heart disease. I'll always remembe
by MartinCron 14y ago
A few years ago, my doctor encouraged me to stop taking Adderall based on the conventional wisdom that it was likely to cause heart disease. I'll always remember what he said, I only prescribe Adderall for depression in my terminal cancer patients, because I'm not worried as much about their long-term heart health
OK, Doc. Let's not refill that prescription, then.
This conventional wisdom has recently been challenged, but I think there is no great consensus on this issue yet.
http://www.dailyrx.com/adhd-medicines-were-not-linked-serious-heart-problems-adults-during-first-few-months http://www.dailyrx.com/adhd-medicines-were-not-linked-seriou...
- throwaway54-762 14y agoOh, the possible negatives I had in mind were brain-related: "diminishing returns" due to tolerance or other factors after long-term use, and adverse side-effects of the drug flooding your brain with seratonin and dopamine over long periods of time (obviously similar to that observed in long-term methamphetamine use).
- MartinCron 14y agoI see. I wasn't a long-term user and was always extremely conservative with my dosage, so I didn't encounter any of those brain-related issues. Even with the fact that they are in the same family of drugs, comparisons to long-term meth abusers doesn't seem quite right.
- throwaway54-762 14y agoEvery person is different, and meth is definitely abused in higher proportions more than prescription adderall — I am not contesting that, or attempting to compare adderall users to meth users. I am trying to highlight the similarities between the drugs themselves.