XPost: alt.religion.scientology, misc.education   
   From: atlramona@gmail.com   
      
   Barbara Schwarz wrote:   
      
   > knowledgespeak@yahoo.com wrote:   
   >   
   >>Were you fully aware of all the "warning", "drug dependency risk",   
   >>"precautions" and "adverse reactions" related to the use of RITALIN®?   
   >>   
   >>Why to Avoid Ritalin®   
   >>A Schedule II Substance   
   >>   
   >>Ritalin Side Effects   
   >>from the Physicians' Desk Reference®   
   >>   
   >>RITALIN-SR® methylphenidate hydrochloride USP sustained-release   
   >>tablets.   
   >>   
   >>WARNINGS - Ritalin should not be used in children under six years,   
   >>since safety and efficacy in this age group have not been established.   
   >>Sufficient data on safety and efficacy of long-term use of Ritalin in   
   >>children are not yet available. Although a causal relationship has not   
   >>been established, suppression of growth (ie, weight gain, and/or   
   >>height) has been reported with the long-term use of stimulants in   
   >>children. Therefore, patients requiring long-term therapy should be   
   >>carefully monitored.   
   >>   
   >>ADVERSE REACTIONS   
   >>Nervousness and insomnia are the most common adverse reactions but are   
   >>usually controlled by reducing dosage and omitting the drug in the   
   >>afternoon or evening. Other reactions include hypersensitivity   
   >>(including skin rash, urticaria, fever, arthralgia, exfoliative   
   >>dermatitis, erythema multiforme with histopathological findings of   
   >>necrotizing vasculitis, and thrombocytopenic purpura); anorexia;   
   >>nausea; dizzines; palpitations; headache; dyskinesia; drowsiness; blood   
   >>pressure and pulse changes, both up and down; tachycardia; angina;   
   >>cardiac arrhythmia; abdominal pain; weight loss during prolonged   
   >>therapy. There have been rare reports of Tourette's syndrome. Toxic   
   >>psychosis has been reported. Although a definite causal relationship   
   >>has not been established, the following have been reported in patients   
   >>taking this drug: leukopenia and/or anemia; a few instances of scalp   
   >>hair loss. In children, loss of appetite, abdominal pain, weight loss   
   >>during prolonged therapy, insomnia, and tachycardia may occur more   
   >>frequently; however, any of the other adverse reactions listed above   
   >>may also occur.   
   >>   
   >>DRUG DEPENDENCE   
   >>Ritalin should be given cautiously to emotionally unstable patients,   
   >>such as those with a history of drug dependence or alcoholism, because   
   >>such patients may increase dosage on their own initiative. Chronically   
   >>abusive use can lead to marked tolerance and psychic dependence with   
   >>varying degrees of abnormal behavior. Frank psychotic episodes can   
   >>occur, especially with parental abuse. Careful supervision is required   
   >>during drug withdrawal, since severe depression as well as the effects   
   >>of chronic over activity can be unmasked. Long-term follow-up may be   
   >>required because of the patient's basic personality disturbances.   
   >>   
   >>This is directly from the Physician's Desk Reference.   
   >   
   >   
   > I can't imagine any good parent putting their child on such a risk. I   
   > parent who loves his child will find any other non-chemical way to help   
   > a child.   
      
   Then you are not only stupid but in addition uneducated.  You would   
   allow your child to flunk out of life.   
      
   I know that CO$ has a policy that is very pro-abortion.  SO children are   
   clearly low on the scale of importance.  So a view to be negligent in   
   parenting makes complete sense.   
   >   
   > I saw that music therapy works with unruly kids. Works like a charme   
   > and his not these side effects from hell.   
      
   It didn't/doesn't work for Barbara to go without medicine.  I want   
   better for my son than to have this said about him:   
      
   Rathbun is, however, a high-ranking official of the Church of   
   Scientology International, headquartered in Los Angeles. "We're clueless   
   about this person and obviously she is delusional about Mr. Rathbun and   
   she needs help," says Linda Simmons Hight, director of media relations   
   for the church. "We're sorry for her."   
      
   Oddly enough that was said through the orders of a Marty Rathbun, that   
   Barbara claims as her husband.   
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   > Barbara Schwarz   
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