Boys on ADHD medication 'growing slower'

Submitted by Mastodon on Mon, 2013-01-21 07:41

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'The research finds that more than three years on ADHD medication can stunt their development.

Dr Alison Poulton from the University of Sydney says boys with ADHD are shorter and thinner than their peers.

"If a child stays on medication for three years they are about three centimetres shorter than they would be otherwise," she said.

"The boys aged 12 to 14 were leaner and the boys aged 14 to 16 were not only slimmer but also slightly less tall.

"And when we looked at the growth rate, how fast they were growing in height, we found that the bigger the dose, the slower their growth rate.'

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