Ritalin Causes Heart Damage
"In 1977, Drs. Vernon Fischer and Hendrick Barner wrote a Letter to the Editor at JAMA, in which they described the cellular changes associated with cardiomyopathy (enlarged heart) in a patient who had taken Ritalin for 4 1/2 years. A tissue sample was obtained from the patient during open heart surgery. That biopsy demonstrated abnormal membrane accumulations in the left ventricle.
"Curious to know if the Ritalin had played any role in these changes, Fischer later teamed with Theodore Henderson to conduct animal studies. A causal effect was confirmed. Ritalin in mice and rats produced the same kinds of membrane proliferation in the heart cells seen previously. These changes were consistent with the cardiomyopathy observed earlier in the human subject."
"Curious to know if the Ritalin had played any role in these changes, Fischer later teamed with Theodore Henderson to conduct animal studies. A causal effect was confirmed. Ritalin in mice and rats produced the same kinds of membrane proliferation in the heart cells seen previously. These changes were consistent with the cardiomyopathy observed earlier in the human subject."
— Grace E. Jackson, MD, FDA Hearing on Stimulants – March 22, 2006, “Stimulants Damage the Heart”
posted by Naomi Fox at 5:20 PM
2 Comments:
My name is Lance Burnet and i would like to show you my personal experience with Ritalin.
I am 56 years old. I have taken Ritalin for 30 years. I have been diagnosed with a mild form of narcolepsy. I use 4 (10 MG ) pills per day. The drug ahs worked wonders and eliminated the drowsiness and sleep attacks. My concern now is the length of time I have been on it. When taking a "drug holiday" it seems like my symptoms are worse.
I have experienced some of these side effects-
rebound effect when dosage wears off.
I hope this information will be useful to others,
Lance Burnet
First of all, I have received several other comments with the exact same first line. So I tend to be a bit skeptical about these posts's sincerity, especially if they're "raves". (One woman who praised the drugs, could barely construct a sentence. And she said, despite the terrible side-effects "her family" was happy she was on them! Anyone see something wrong with that?)
But to Lance I will respond: there could be withdrawal symptoms. I'm not going to give you "medical" advice, but you should contact the doctor or psychiatrist who prescribed this for you. He should take the responsibility for getting you out of this situation. Good luck to you.
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