Abuse and toxicity of methylphenidate

Current Opinion in Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 219-223

  Klein Schwartz, Wendy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLPHENIDATE;

AGITATION; ANOREXIA; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MISUSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HALLUCINATION; HEADACHE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPERTHERMIA; INSOMNIA; LETHARGY; NERVOUSNESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; REVIEW; SEIZURE; SUICIDE; TACHYCARDIA;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DOPAMINE UPTAKE INHIBITORS; HUMANS; METHYLPHENIDATE; OVERDOSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0036123886     PISSN: 10408703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008480-200204000-00013     Document Type: Review

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