DIA SPRIGGS was thinking about Re: ADD and ADHD and keyed into 
cyberspace:
DS>Also pycnogenol has proven extemely effective in treating this; some
DS>Calif. drs. have taken children off ritalin totally with the use of
DS>it.  
Dia, that is just not true. Pycnogenol has never been shown to be even 
slightly effective in treating ADHD. 
One of the leading researchers in the world on Pycnogenol (a trademarked 
product) is a Richard Passwater, Ph. D. Dr. Passwater has written and 
researched this extensively, and in all of his writings, he makes 
absolutely no mention of Pycnogenol being useful in treating ADHD.
If you surf the web, you will find dozens of MLM sales sites where they 
tout Pycnogenol as the end all of treatments for ADHD. However, when you 
ask for PROOF, other than anecdotal (of somewhat dubious veracity), you 
get none.
In alt.support.attn-deficit, Pycnogenol salescritters regularly pop up. 
Their sales pitches consist of variants of several basic stories, but 
are all essentially the same.
There is NO credible evidence that Pycnogenol should affect dopamine 
transport in the brain.
               The Few. The Proud. The Chosen.
                     markprobe@aol.com
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