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  • ADHD drugs cause hallucinations in some kids, study says

    01/29/2009 6:03:22 PM PST · by bdeaner · 25 replies · 765+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | 1/26/09 | Shari Roan
    A report published today in the journal Pediatrics, however, estimates the incidence of psychotic symptoms at 1.48 per 100 person-years. (Person-years is defined as total years of treatment with a drug. For example, 100 people taking a drug one year is 100 person-years.) The statistic was based on data from 49 randomized, controlled trials of ADHD medications. In those same studies, no psychotic symptoms were reported in children who did not receive medication. Moreover, an analysis of spontaneous adverse-event reports to the FDA showed more than 800 reports of psychosis or mania. Psychotic symptoms were found with every ADHD drug...