Stimulants for ADHD may also reduce the risk of smoking

Treating people who have ADHD with stimulants may reduce their likelihood of smoking, according to Durham Medicine, September 27, 2014.

ADHD. ADHD) are usually treated with stimulants (e.g. Vyvanse, and Concerta), in medicine this is called behavioral therapy..

Study finds adults with ADHD smoke twice as much as their healthy peers. Youth with ADHD are two to three times more likely to develop a smoking habit than youth without the syndrome.

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Co-author Erin Schoenfelder, Ph.D., and chief psychologist at the ADHD Program, explains:.

“Nicotine acts on the same pathways in the brain as stimulant drugs, and the relationship between stimulants and smoking is controversial.. We hypothesized that some people with ADHD self-medicated their attention deficit with nicotine."

Scientists reviewed 14 studies involving a total of 2,360 patients. Further results have shown that treating ADHD with stimulants may prevent young people from starting to smoke,” concludes Dr. Schoenfelder..

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