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<blockquote data-quote="Sara PA" data-source="post: 158123" data-attributes="member: 1498"><p>That "helping the brain grow" baffles me. Considering that all the stims list stunted growth as an adverse reaction, I'm surprised to see the idea that Ritalin will help a three year old's brain grow. To the best of my knowledge, there is no research to support the idea that stimulants alter the development of the brain in the long term let alone that they help the brain "grow" in a positive manner. First of all, there is very little research on the brains of three year olds. Second, it seems like that research would be almost impossible to conduct because there is no way of predicting how the brain of a three year old is going to develop, even if there was a way of measuring it.</p><p></p><p>Click <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11322742?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed" target="_blank">here</a> for the abstract of a Journal of Child and Adolescent Pharmacology article posted at PubMed supporting my statement.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sara PA, post: 158123, member: 1498"] That "helping the brain grow" baffles me. Considering that all the stims list stunted growth as an adverse reaction, I'm surprised to see the idea that Ritalin will help a three year old's brain grow. To the best of my knowledge, there is no research to support the idea that stimulants alter the development of the brain in the long term let alone that they help the brain "grow" in a positive manner. First of all, there is very little research on the brains of three year olds. Second, it seems like that research would be almost impossible to conduct because there is no way of predicting how the brain of a three year old is going to develop, even if there was a way of measuring it. Click [URL="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11322742?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=1&log$=relatedarticles&logdbfrom=pubmed"]here[/URL] for the abstract of a Journal of Child and Adolescent Pharmacology article posted at PubMed supporting my statement. [/QUOTE]
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