Abstract
Drug holidays, more calories, and increased monitoring can help children who take stimulant medications for attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) gain weight, but they won't help the children grow taller. This is the lesson from a study published in the October 2019 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. The study looked at the effects of central nervous system (CNS) stimulants on the growth of children with ADHD, which included an assessment of weight interventions on growth.
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