Posted by Garnet71 on February 16, 2009, at 20:03:00
In reply to Re: Is it okay to take Ritalian or Adderal for school?, posted by linkadge on February 16, 2009, at 15:07:22
> A doctor would likely not prescribe a stimulant if you have no ADHD diagnosis and (as mentioned) if he did, he would be doing so illegally. Students who use stimulants for this purpose do so illegally.
>Linkadge,
Can't doctor's now write scripts to resolve symptoms other than what the meds were designed for? Or is that just for the less-controlled meds? I mean, if Chai's doc felt ADD/ADHD meds would help him (not that they would for those particular symptoms), how would it be illegal?
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