Comments on: Smart Drugs

By: Narcotic

Narcotic — Wed, 19 May 2010 20:13:22 +0000

I too take Ritalin to keep me going at work as the typical day is 10 – 15 hours as well, only problem is the wear off. I believe my system might be getting to a point of resistance where I have to up the dosage. My son says this happens to his friends in college and it eventually leads to other more harsh drug abuse, I’m not saying that will happen to me I’m just wondering how common it is in colleges that these types of drugs can be a starting point into substance abuse…

By: Allie

Allie — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:50:31 +0000

In this economy, employees are often expected to work more to hold onto their jobs – I personally work 12-15 hours a day. So yes, I use Ritalin to keep me going. I’d rather not have to, but it’s preferable to being unemployed.

By: Frontier Psychiatrist

Frontier Psychiatrist — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 09:17:47 +0000

Thanks for the tip – that was careless of me especially as that’s something I should actually know. I’ve changed “amoxetine” to donepezil, which should resolve this error.

The first link works okay for me.

By: Fellow Psychiatrist

Fellow Psychiatrist — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:08:27 +0000

Thanks for the informative article.

In 2nd paragraph, you have mentioned that “Other drugs with similar effects, such as amoxetine, are licenced for use with people suffering from dementia”. You mean “atmoxetine”. To my knowledge, it is licensed for ADHD only and not for dementia by both BNF and FDA. The product literature also does not state that it is licensed for dementia. I think trials of add on Rx with atmoxetine in dementia have been negative. But may be I have missed recent updates on atmoxetine.

Also first link appears to be broken.

All the best!