Watch for growth slowdown with stimulants.(Mental Health)(Brief article)

From: Family Practice News | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

NEW YORK -- Significant growth slowdown during treatment with stimulants may occur in a small subset of children who require closer monitoring and referral, Dr. Harold E. Carlson said at a psychopharmacology update sponsored by the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

Height velocity, or yearly growth, typically slows for the first few years of stimulant therapy and then resumes at a nearly normal rate, said Dr. Carlson, head of endocrinology at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.

Final adult height is usually normal with long-term use of ...

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