INDICES> Re: piracetam, chlorpromazine for ADHD? (cont)

["Dr.L.Offerhaus" <lo@euronet.nl>]

INDICES> Re: piracetam, chlorpromazine for ADHD? (cont)
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Kirsten's answer is to the point - I would like to add to my first brief 
negative reaction that any sedative, including neuroleptics, tend to 
aggravate the symptoms of ADHD, and that piracetam is a drug with 
possible weak anti-epileptic properties but nothing else. It used to be 
marketed as a "nootropic" - a neologism, according to a well-known 
German physician - "invented by medical representatives with a 
classical education". There is no proof that it works in any known 
medical condition including neonatal asphyxia (for which sham 
indication it was used widely in Eastern Europe).

ADHD is much overdiagnosed, particularly by parents with difficult 
children; it is always easier to blame a medical condition in stead of 
your own failure as a parent. There are some recent indications that 
for ADHD proper the old term "minimal brain damage" might be 
correct, but the condition is difficult to diagnose and much rarer 
than most people think.

Good luck and best regards,  Leo Offerhaus
Dr.L.Offerhaus
Koedijklaan 1a, NL-1406KW Bussum, The Netherlands
Phone: +31-35-6923288.  Fax: +31-35-6923290
E-mail: LO@EURONET.NL  CompuServe disconnected from 1/3/2001

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