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FDA Approves'Non-Stimulant' Drug for ADHD
by TwoFrogs Tuesday 26-Nov-2002
The first non-stimulant drug designed to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder won approval Tuesday from the Food and Drug Administration.

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. expects Strattera to be available in pharmacies in January.

Lilly has tested Strattera on more than 4,000 patients, some for as long as 2 1/2 years. It has not been tested in children under 6.

Strattera is the first drug to be approved for ADHD that is not a stimulant under the federal Controlled Substances Act. The drug comes in a capsule and can be taken once or twice a day. Lilly said it provides full-day relief from the symptoms of ADHD.

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rusdi
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Mysteries.

Simply amazing!! I just can not understand how a stimulant could treat an already "hyper-active disorder"..Mysteries of the brain..Good find..Nice article Twofrogs..
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permalink · 2002-11-27 00:13:02 · Reply to this ·
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more amazing

Is the fact that the drug in question is an antidepressant.

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permalink · 2002-11-27 15:35:36 · Reply to this ·

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Re: more amazing

It's not so surprising that an antidepressant is used for ADHD -- Wellbutrin has been used for the purpose for years.

ADHD and depression can go hand-in-hand in a physiological-psychological-physiological-psychological snowballing loop, and antidepressants can help break that cycle.

It works like this (in my own layman's terms):

A person has boredom-excitability cycles that cause problems:

1A. Physiological boredom causes disconnection (AD)
2A. Disconnection causes impaired learning
3A. Impaired learning causes self-esteem problems
4A. Self-esteem problems lead into depression
5A. Depression contributes to lower physiological low-energy states.
6A. Deeper low-energy states cause further disconnection
7A. Throw another brick in your backpack and start again at #1

Meanwhile:

1B. Alternate excitability states cause discipline problems (HD)
2B. Discipline problems lead to being singled out and branded a "trouble maker".
3B. Alienation leads to further disconnection.
4B. Throw another brick in your backpack, and start again at 1A.

In this cycle, something has to give. People genuinely afflicted with this condition (and those actual numbers are smaller than the number of people "diagnosed" IMO) are chemically driven into psychological patterns that end up being mutually reinforcing, and something has to break the tie. Antidepressants are one way to interrupt the loop.

In the same way, stimulants can be used to elevate the physiological lows that cause problems in different stages of the cycle. With "higher lows" you seem to get "lower highs" as well. Or so the thinking seems to go.

In any event, I hope this new drug holds some promise for sufferers.

Regards,

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