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Ritalin is often prescribed to children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Every year there are around 9 million prescriptions of Ritalin filled. The center of countless lawsuits, Ritalin lawsuits have focused around the premise that manufacturer Novartis and the American Psychiatric Associated conspired to promote increased diagnoses of attention deficit disorders to further market Ritalin.

Many people felt that Ritalin pharmaceutical company is over-defining and loosely defining attention deficit to fit a wider range of children resulting in a higher number of Ritalin prescriptions filled while the age of children put on the prescription also becomes lower. Over diagnosed, thus over prescribed, Ritalin lawsuits continue to be made by parents that feel their children are unnecessarily medicated.

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MedLine Plus Drug Information - Guide to prescription and over-the-counter medications provided by the United States Pharmacopeia.

National Institute on Drug Abuse - Health effects and addiction information on Methylphenidate or Ritalin.