JK>  KA> I agree that many doctors are negligent in researching personal
JK>  KA> and family  background when prescribing medications. However,
JK>  KA> there have been no known incidents of addiction resulting from
JK>  KA> Ritalin use in the treatment of ADHD.
JK> 
JK> KNOWN BY WHOM?  I know one chemical dependency counselor who would 
disagree
JK> with your statement.  Also so does the doctor whose article I downloaded, 
JK> Peter Briggs, I think.  I am frankly too lazy at this time of the morning 
t
JK> go dig it out of file.  I downloaded some 20 pages when I entered 
"Ritalin"
JK> in a search engine, and his was the largest.
Then they were negligent in not formally reporting these cases to CIBA-Geigy 
or the government agency which tracks them, the name of which I don't 
remember.
JK> ARE YOU AWARE THAT IT MIGHT BE POSSIBLE TO REVERSE SOME MINOR BIRTH 
DEFECTS
JK> REMEDIAL DIET IN THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF A CHILD"S LIFE?
JK> 
JK> Have you ever contacted the Down Syndrome folks to find out what they are 
JK> doing with remedial diets?
and this has what to do with the topic at hand?
You are aware that this echo is about ADD, not about every and any possible 
alternative diagnosis?
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