A new study from the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center found that more teenagers and their parents are seeking help from poison control centers because of incidents involving drugs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

The number of poison control center calls related to the abuse of ADHD medication has increased by 76 percent since 2001.

About 42 percent of the people who called poison control centers because of reactions to ADHD drugs ended up in emergency rooms, and four people died.

Labels: medications, abuse

Posted By: Aspen/CRC