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How do the medicines help attention deficit disorder?
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Dopamine: The field of neuropharmacology have taught us Dopamine stimulation improve attention.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Attention Deficit: Medications theoretically work by increasing dopamine/norepinephrine in the brain which helps focusing & task performance.
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