Classroom Academic Performance: Improvement with both Methylphenidate and Dextroamphetamine in ADHD Boys

Daily academic classroom performance was recorded in a day hospital school using a commonly employed reading and math series as part of an 11‐week double‐blind, placebo controlled, crossover comparison of dextroamphetamine (d‐AMPH) and methylphenidate (MPH) in 33 hyperactive boys. Students attempted...

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Published in:Journal of child psychology and psychiatry 1993-07, Vol.34 (5), p.785-804
Main Authors: Elia, Josephine, Welsh, Patricia A., Gullotta, Charles S., Rapoport, Judith L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
academic performance
Achievement
Adolescent
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - drug therapy
Biological and medical sciences
Child
dextroamphetamine
Dextroamphetamine - administration & dosage
Dextroamphetamine - therapeutic use
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Double-Blind Method
Humans
Hyperactivity
Male
Medical sciences
methylphenidate
Methylphenidate - administration & dosage
Methylphenidate - therapeutic use
Neuropharmacology
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Placebos
Psychoanaleptics: cns stimulant, antidepressant agent, nootropic agent, mood stabilizer..., (alzheimer disease)
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
stimulants
Students
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Summary:Daily academic classroom performance was recorded in a day hospital school using a commonly employed reading and math series as part of an 11‐week double‐blind, placebo controlled, crossover comparison of dextroamphetamine (d‐AMPH) and methylphenidate (MPH) in 33 hyperactive boys. Students attempted more math and reading tasks while on either active drug. The percent correct and the number of attempted problems of the reading series improved with both drugs while the percent correct for the math series occurred with d‐AMPH only. No dose‐response relationship was found for either stimulant Moderate, transient adverse effects were common for both drugs
ISSN:0021-9630
1469-7610
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-7610.1993.tb01071.x