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Core symptoms Educational performance Quality <strong>of</strong> life Adverse events<br />
Not reported Side-effects checklist (teachers, counsellors, parents):<br />
teachers not reported<br />
% <strong>of</strong> children with moderate or severe side-effects ‘on<br />
at least 1-day’: ‘on average’, for placebo/MPH<br />
(10 mg)/MPH (17.5 mg), rated by parents:<br />
Motor tics: 8:0/4:0/0:0<br />
Buccal–lingual movement.: 4:0/0:0/4:0<br />
Picking, nail-biting: 4:0/0:0/0:0<br />
Worried/anxious: 4:0/4:4/4:0<br />
Dull, tired, listless: 28:0/8:0/12:0<br />
Headaches: 4:0/12:0/16:0<br />
Stomach ache: 0:0/4:0/8:0<br />
Crabby, irritable: 32:4/24:4/16:0<br />
Tearful, sad, depressed: 8:4/20:0/16:0<br />
Socially withdrawn: 12:0/0:0/8:0<br />
Hallucinations: 0:0/0:0/0:0<br />
Trouble sleeping: 12:4/32:8/24:4<br />
Loss <strong>of</strong> appetite: 8:0/8:0/20:4<br />
Seatwork completion: mean (SD)<br />
Placebo: 58.0 (25.8)<br />
MPH 10 mg: 69.5 (15.4)<br />
MPH 17.5 mg: 69.2 (19.5)<br />
Seatwork accuracy: mean (SD)<br />
Placebo: 89.0 (9.6)<br />
MPH 10 mg: 87.9 (9.8)<br />
MPH 17.5 mg: 87.1 (12.4)<br />
Post-treatment means (SD) for: placebo/MPH<br />
(10 mg)/MPH (17.5 mg)<br />
Baseline (teachers only): 11.8 (2.3)<br />
IOWA Conners’ Rating Scale:<br />
inattention–overactivity (teachers):<br />
3.7 (2.6)/1.8 (1.4)/1.1 (1.2)<br />
IOWA Conners’ Rating Scale:<br />
inattention–overactivity (parents, 5-6 p.m.)<br />
3.0 (2.9)/1.9 (1.4)/1.0 (1.1)<br />
IOWA Conners Rating Scale:<br />
inattention–overactivity (counsellors)<br />
5.6 (2.9)/3.4 (1.8)/2.6 (1.4)<br />
Point system measures: attention:<br />
mean (SD)<br />
Placebo: 62.9 (14.9)<br />
MPH 10 mg: 64.0 (15.7)<br />
MPH 17.5 mg: 64.3 (15.4)<br />
Individual target measures (daily report cards)<br />
50.5 (20.7)/76.4 (9.7)/81.7 (12.3)<br />
Classroom measures: on-task behaviour<br />
78.9 (15.4)/89.2 (10.5)/89.6 (8.6)<br />
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% <strong>of</strong> children with moderate or severe side-effects ‘on<br />
at least 1day’: ‘on average’, for: placebo/MPH (10 mg)/<br />
MPH (17.5 mg), rated by counsellors:<br />
Motor tics: 0:0/8:0/4:0<br />
Buccal–lingual movement: 0:0/12:0/4:4<br />
Picking, nail-biting: 4:0/4:0/8:0<br />
Worried/anxious: 8:0/8:0/8:0<br />
Dull, tired, listless: 8:0/0:0/20:0<br />
Headaches: 4:0/8:0/8:0<br />
Stomach ache: 12:0/8:0/28:0<br />
Crabby, irritable: 32:4/4:0/8:0<br />
Tearful, sad, depressed: 8:0/16:0/24:0<br />
Socially withdrawn: 0:0/8:0/16:0<br />
Hallucinations: 0:0/0:0/0:0<br />
Trouble sleeping: –:–/-:–/–:–<br />
Loss <strong>of</strong> appetite: 60:4/60:4/68:12<br />
Conclusions Authors’ conclusions: The authors conclude that Adderall is at least as effective as Ritalin in improving acutely <strong>the</strong> behaviour <strong>and</strong><br />
academic productivity <strong>of</strong> children with ADHD<br />
Reviewer’s comments: No comments noted<br />
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