> > Who doesn't know a child whose life (and that of his/her
> > family) has been transformed by Ritalin?
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> If giving people amphetamines and seeing if it has an effect on > them is the basis for classification of a disease, then heaven > help us.
Where would modern medicine be today if the physicians of yore had consistently discarded the empirical while they waited for the invention of techology that "proves" the existance of disease?
Ritalin clearly works in a sub-group of kids said to have ADHD. The rest might have something else, bad parents etc.
It's circumstantial evidence isn't it? worth taking seriously and considered further.
Or should we return the responders and their families to the hell they endured before.
"Sorry Mrs X. We don't have a cogent neurotransmitter theory yet. Therefore little Johnny doesn't have a disease. Go away"
Mark
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