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Methylphenidate (MPH) is a prescription stimulant commonly used to treat Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD. It is also one of the primary drugs used to treat the daytime drowsiness symptoms of narcolepsy and chronic fatigue syndrome. The drug is seeing early use to treat cancer-related fatigue. Brand names of drugs that contain methylphenidate include Ritalin (Ritalina, Rilatine, Attenta,... Read enhanced Wikipedia article

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treats :
ADHD, sleepiness and disorder.

methylphenidate treats ADHD

Methylphenidate Methylphenidate (MPH) is a prescription stimulant commonly used to treat Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

Desoxypipradrol Methylphenidate was felt to be the superior drug for treating ADHD due to its shorter duration of action and more predictable pharmacokinetics, and while desoxypipradrol was researched for other applications such as to facilitate rapid recovery from anaesthesia its development was not continued.

methylphenidate treats sleepiness

Kleine-Levin syndrome Stimulants, including amphetamines, methylphenidate, imipramine and modafinil, administered orally, are used to treat sleepiness.

methylphenidate treats disorder

Methylphenidate Methylphenidate (MPH) is a prescription stimulant commonly used to treat Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

causes :
aberrations, effects and deterioration.

methylphenidate causes aberrations

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder management A small-scale 2005 Texas study indicated that methylphenidate might cause chromosome aberrations.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder treatments A small-scale 2005 Texas study indicated that methylphenidate might cause chromosome aberrations.

methylphenidate causes effects

Methamphetamine It is considered a second line of treatment, used when amphetamine and methylphenidate cause the patient too many side effects.

methylphenidate causes deterioration

Methylphenidate Specifically, methylphenidate positively affected brain glucose metabolism in subjects who performed well at baseline on an accuracy-controlled cognitive task, but caused further deterioration of mental processing in subjects who performed poorly at baseline.

affects :
people and act.

methylphenidate affects people

Methylphenidate The means by which methylphenidate affects people diagnosed with ADHD are not well understood.

methylphenidate affects act

Methylphenidate An alternate explanation which has been explored is that the methylphenidate affects the action of serotonin in the brain.

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    Methylphenidate

    Methylphenidate is frequently used in the treatment for ADHD, and as such criticism of the drug is typically related to the controversy about ADHD.
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    Dexmethylphenidate

    Dexmethylphenidate has a similar side-effect profile to racemic methylphenidate (Ritalin) and can be administered without regard to food intake.
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    Ethylphenidate

    It is formed when ethanol and methylphenidate are coingested, via hepatic transesterification.
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    Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder management

    Deaths attributed to methylphenidate are extremely rare, and are believed to be caused by undetected heart abnormalities and/or interactions with other drugs.
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    Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder treatments

    Deaths attributed to methylphenidate are extremely rare, and are believed to be caused by undetected heart abnormalities and/or interactions with other drugs.
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    Desoxypipradrol

    Desoxypipradrol, (also referred to as Deoxypipradrol, 2-(diphenylmethyl)piperidine or 2-DPMP), is a long-acting stimulant drug that is chemically and mechanistically related to methylphenidate and pipradrol.
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    List of doping cases in cycling

    Vicente Belda of Spain was said said to have tested positive for Methylphenidate (Ritalin), a stimulant on the Vuelta a España.
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    Dextroamphetamine

    In some localities it has replaced methylphenidate as the first-choice medication for ADHD, a role in which it is considered highly effective.
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    O-2172

    2-Benzylpiperidine • Desoxypipradrol • Diphemethoxidine • Ethylphenidate • HDMP-28 • (-)-Methyl-1-methyl-4β-(2-naphthyl)piperidine-3β-carboxylate • Methylphenidate (Dexmethylphenidate) • Nocaine • Phacetoperane (Levofacetoperane) • Pipradrol (Meretran)
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    Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

    In 1957, the stimulant methylphenidate (Ritalin, which was first produced in 1950) became available under various names (including Focalin, Concerta, Metadate, and Methylin); it remains one of the most widely prescribed medications for ADHD.

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