Cardiovascular Adverse Effects of ADHD Medications

ADHD Medications and Long-Term Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases

The primary contributors to the association between long-term ADHD medication use and CVD risk was an increased risk of hypertension and ...

In a case-control study, stimulant use was associated with hypertension, but not arrhythmia or ischemic heart disease.

Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases Associated With Medications Used ...

As ADHD medications are sympathomimetic agents that exert dopaminergic and noradrenergic effects, increasing heart rate and blood pressure is ...

Adult ADHD Medications and Their Cardiovascular Implications - PMC

showed that heart rate increase of 10 bpm is associated with a 20% increased risk of cardiac death [17]. HR increases comparable with those observed with CNS ...

Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases Associated With Medications Used ...

We found that ADHD medication use seemed to be associated with an increased risk of cardiac arrest or tachyarrhythmias, but not with ...

ADHD Stimulants May Increase Risk of Heart Damage in Young Adults

Most previous studies assessing the safety of stimulant medications have focused on the first year or two of use and found no evidence of harm ...

Long-Term Cardiovascular Risk Associated With Treatment of ...

Several observational studies have investigated short-term associations between ADHD treatment and an elevated risk of cardiovascular side ...

How Long-Term ADHD Med Use May Raise Cardiovascular Risk

The study linked long-term ADHD medication use to a heightened risk of cardiovascular diseases. Clinical Relevance: ADHD ...

Cardiovascular Effects of ADHD Therapies: JACC Review Topic of ...

The cumulative body of data showed that ADHD medications cause modest elevations in resting heart rate and blood pressure. Other adverse effects ...

Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases Associated With ADHD Medications

However, since ADHD medications are sympathomimetic agents that may increase blood pressure and heart rate, investigators have raised concerns ...

ADHD Drugs and Serious Cardiovascular Events in Children and ...

Adverse-event reports from North America have raised concern that the use of drugs for attention deficit–hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increases the risk of ...

Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases Associated With ADHD Medications

Even in patients with pre-existing CVD, there was no association between use of ADHD medications and cardiovascular events (RR, 1.31; 95% CI, ...

Cardiovascular Effects of ADHD Therapies: JACC Review Topic of ...

The cumulative body of data showed that ADHD medications cause modest elevations in resting heart rate and blood pressure. Other adverse effects reported with ...

ADHD Drugs and Cardiovascular Risk

The physiology of this condition renders patients particularly vulnerable to the adverse effects of sympathomimetic drugs, because such agents ...

Cardiovascular Monitoring of Children and Adolescents With Heart ...

... ADHD Drug Manufacturers to Notify Patients About Cardiovascular Adverse Events and Psychiatric Adverse Events. ... Cardiac Effects of Medications ...

protocol for a systematic review and network meta-analysis

Despite the increasing evidence on the cardiovascular effects of ADHD medications as a group, limited research has evaluated the comparative effects of ADHD ...

Cardiovascular Risk and Stimulant Medication - CHADD

In one study, 48 patients with congenital LQTS on ADHD medications were found to have an increased probability of cardiac events, particularly fainting. There ...

ADHD Medication Not Associated with Cardiovascular Risk at Any Age

ADHD medications — both stimulants and non-stimulants — do not place patients of any age at greater risk for cardiovascular events such as heart ...

Long-term ADHD medication use associated with increased ...

Research led by the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, has found an increased risk of cardiovascular disease associated with long-term ADHD medication use.

ADHD medications linked to heart conditions - RACGP

According to the researchers, across 14 years of follow-up, every year of use of ADHD medication was associated with a 4% increased risk of ...