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One of the side effects of ADHD drugs is suppressed appetite and weight loss.
Not wanting a let side effect to go to waste, some Docs are [1] prescribing the drugs to teens for weight loss. And here I thought they didn’t really pay attention to side effects.

That would be known as an “off label” use meaning, that’s not what the drug was approved for, there are no studies using the drug for this purpose and such uses are not monitored.

Interesting how parents* have been arrested and their child literally taken away from them and subjected to court ordered harsh medical treatment they did not want and yet it’s ok to give an overweight kid ADHD drugs and a can of soda to gulp em down with.

* Three cases in the news last year:
[2] 1. Virginia 16 year old boy with Hodkins who didn’t want another round of chemo
[3] 2. Texas 13 year old girl with Hodkins who didn’t want to do radiation after she did chemo
[4] 3. Washington mother who didn’t want her 9 month old son to have kidney surgery