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Nonstimulant Psychotropic Medication

Desired Effects and Cognitive/Behavioral Adverse Effects

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Most behavioral adverse effects of medications do not differ in quality from similar behaviors that may be present when a child is free of medication. Cognitive adverse effects that are demonstrated with specialized testing may not be apparent in the classroom or when testing with routine educational batteries. Some impairments demonstrated in the laboratory cannot be corroborated during real-life activities, such as operating a motor vehicle. The literature may report adverse events that occur following the administration of a single dose of medication to a healthy volunteer during a drug trial study. The same adverse event may not occur during long-term administration of the same drug to a patient. The medical literature does not always clarify whether problems are life-threatening major medical events, transient effects that will dissipate rather quickly, or “nuisance” effects limited to subjective somatic complaints that are of no demonstrable consequence.

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