Am J Psychiatry, 132:4, Apr 1975
Copyright © 1975 by American Psychiatric Association
Childhood chemotherapy and later drug abuse and growth curve: a follow- up study of 30 adolescents
L Beck, WS Langford, M Mackay and G Sum
The authors studies the correlation of methylphenidate medication in
childhood with later drug abuse and growth in height. Thirty adolescents
with histories of minimal brain dysfunction who had been treated for at
least six months with chemotherapy were compared with 30 adolescents who
had not been so treated. The findings do not indicate that methylphenidate
prescribed in childhood contributed to later drug abuse or seriously
interfered with growth in height.
