Drug Side Effects and ADHD

There are many Ritalin side effects so if your child is going to be using Ritalin or methylphenidate, it should be a part of a comprehensive treatment program which encompasses education about ADHD, psychological therapy and behavior modification techniques.

Ritalin is a stimulant that when taken by someone who is hyperactive and lacks impulse control will affect the chemicals in the brain and nerves to produce a more calm and attentive person.

Ritalin can be habit forming and should not be taken or used with an MAO. Serious side effects of Ritalin can occur if you use these two drugs together from sudden death, stroke and heart attack, to aggressive behavior and paranoia type symptoms. Side effects of Ritalin can make other medical conditions worse such as heart problems or if any family member had a suicide, depression or a bipolar disease. If you have glaucoma, high blood pressure, chest pains or any heart related problems, muscle ticks such as Tourette's, anxiety, seizures, over active thyroid, and liver damage do not use Ritalin or tell your doctor so that the proper tests can be performed before you get the ok to start taking this drug.

Ritalin side effects, if used for the long term, can slow a child's growth and should not be given to any child under six years of age unless a doctor gives the go ahead for its use. Ritalin side effects has caused sudden death in kids and teens with congenital heart defects or heart problems, for your own safety you must tell your doctor any and all health issues before you take this drug.

Protect Heart With Stress Relief

If there is volume overload on heart such as in high blood pressure, it will cause the heart to enlarge and finally it will stop pumping blood due to heart failure. This catastrophe is prevented by a gene that is RGS2 (regulator of G-protein signaling 2), which functions to protect the heart from going into failure. In order to prove the role of Viagra (sildanefil citrate) in protecting heart from the deleterious effects of high blood pressure was demonstrated by subjecting the mice to high blood pressures. These mice were divided into two groups, one were those that did not have RGS2 and the other with the RGS2, protective gene for heart that prevents the heart from hypertrophy.

Both the groups were induced with high blood pressure and the mice that were lacking the gene RGS2 had about 90% increase in the weight of the heart and about half of the mice of this group died during the experiment. The study also revealed that the mice that did not have RSG2 gene had no effect of sildanefil on heart.

The experiments to study the effects of RSG2 to prevent heart's enlargement have been going on for about three years now and now more recent experiments are focused to determine the combined effects of sildanefil and RSG2 on preventing heart from enlarging.

Type II Diabetes

Controlling diabetes involves diet, exercise, medications and insulin. Discipline in diet and medications can keep your blood sugar under control in most cases, unless you have a severe case. If you have an advanced case, you will need insulin injections.

Controlling diabetes with diet requires discipline and attention to detail. Its as simple as knowing what is supposed to go in your mouth and monitoring your blood sugar on a regular basis. Eat at regular intervals, eating the right food and portions. Know the warning signs of hypoglycemia, that is low blood sugar, such as sweating, weakness, hunger, headache, for if it is too low, you can lose consciousness and die. Bring some hard candies or orange juice, take them when you feel the symptoms of hypoglycemia.

Eat lots of fruits and vegetables. They will keep you full and energetic. Eat lots of protein to help your muscles for your workout schedule, and drink plenty of water to keep yourself hydrated. Eat several small meals throughout the day. By eating more small meals, you will keep your blood sugar at a more steady level, rather than having the ups and downs associated with large meals followed by gaps in eating.

You will need to educate yourself in reading labels and measuring your food intake. Remember, when you see ingredient that ends in "ose" like fructose, glucose, sucrose and the word corn syrup, they are sugar. Staying away from sugar is an important part of controlling diabetes. You will have to cut out all of the sugar from your diet.

Some diabetes symptoms include:

• Frequent urination
• Excessive thirst
• Extreme hunger
• Unusual weight loss
• Increased fatigue
• Irritability
• Blurry vision
• Frequent infections
• Slow healing of sores