Quote of the Week

September 8, 2006

I spoke with [some] colleagues the other day and they mentioned three cases recently where parents blatantly asked for the medication so that their children would perform better in school, yet there were no other indications that the child had ADHD. I’m very concerned that there’s a fair amount — and we don’t know how much — [of ADHD drugs] being prescribed and used for off-label purposes.

Nick Yates, MD, Pediatrician, Director of Medical Ethics for Mercy Hospital (Buffalo, NY), and CBHD Fellow on ‘academic doping.’ From “Seeking Straight A’s, Parents Push for Pills,” MSNBC, September 7, 2006.