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What are the long-term effects of stimulant adhd medications?
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Long term effects: The "party line" on this is that there are no "long term effects" of stimulant adhd medications - at least in the harmful sense. The beneficial longterm effects, particularly if administered to a really hyperactive or inattentive child starting at a young age (but not being over used), is that concentration and other beneficial brain pathways will be able to develop normally via "neuronal pruning.
Answered 5/29/2016
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