Thursday, January 26, 2012
Doctor's battle with attention deficit prompts formulation of new natural dietary supplement for attention support called AddieUP™
Louisville, KY, (PRWEB) January 26, 2012
AddieUP™ brand Attention Support Dietary Supplement is now available online. AddieUP is a proprietary formulated supplement that assists primarily with attention support. The combination of three natural stimulants synergistically combined with nootropics, vitamins, and antioxidants has been the key to the effectiveness of AddieUP’s formulation. Nootropics are substances known to provide calming and protective qualities for the brain. Also called cognitive or memory enhancers, nootropics have garnered attention from the media and health care providers in recent years.
The creator of AddieUP, Dr. Michael Baker, of Louisville, KY, says, “AddieUP is a safe and natural supplement for attention and focus support. Like many, I have experienced problems and side effects with prescription medications for Attention Deficit. My approach to health care has always favored natural alternatives to help with various health issues. This product is a natural, safe, and effective supplement for those with focus and attention issues. Surprisingly AddieUP customers also report that it has been a better choice for them then energy shots and drinks because it provides a less expensive and longer lasting lift without an end of day crash. As a result, we are also helping students and adults have an edge in their lives naturally."
ADD and ADHD, its diagnosis and treatment, have been considered controversial since the 1970s. Currently the shortage of amphetamines, the key ingredient used to treat ADD/ADHD, has created a crisis for patients, doctors, pharmacists in the U.S., for nearly a year and has no end in sight. Because expensive and side effect laden prescription drugs are increasingly more difficult to obtain, Dr. Baker feels the time is right for a natural alternative.
About AddieUP™ AddieUP is a dietary supplement which provides increased energy, focus, concentration, and attention support. The product contains no sugar, salt, carbohydrates, drugs or antihistamines and is natural and non-habit forming.
For press inquiries, please contact Chris at CBPR at 404-246-4901
Dr. Baker may be reached at DrBaker3845(at)gmail(dot)com or contact by phone at 502-314-7309Visit http://www.AddieUP.com or http://www.facebook.com/addieup
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Thursday, January 12, 2012
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Local patients prescribed generic-brand anti-ADHD drugs may have had a frustrating time finding a drug store stocked with their specific medication.
Shortages of generic anti-ADHD drugs have recently become common at local pharmacies. The Shelton Walgreens retailers located downtown and on Bridgeport Avenue, are out of Dextroamphetamine, the generic brand of Dexadrine, but some have other branded versions of similar drugs—such as Adderall and Ritalin—in stock, according to the pharmaceutical receptionists phoned.
Dextroamphetamine is notable for being one of the cheaper generic drugs, with a one-month supply of 30 5mg doses going for about $11, according to a Consumer Reports information sheet published in July 2010. A brand name of the substance, LiquidADD, costs seven times that amount for the same supply, according to Consumer Reports.
According to a recent New York Times article, the shortage of ADHD drugs—specifically, the generic brands—appears to be a result of the Drug Enforcement Administration approving specified amounts of the drugs (because they are classified as a controlled substance) to be manufactured. These quotas are given to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which then passes along the restrictions to big pharmacy manufacturers. However, these manufacturers, while limited in the total number of amphetamines they can actually produce, can decide which prescription brands they want to create. For instance, the article states that Novartis creates ”both the branded and generic versions of Ritalin” and the company has “ensured that supplies of branded drugs are adequate while allowing generic versions to go wanting.”
Ease of access can lead to over-prescription, abuse
The DEA may have reason to issue these quotas. Dr. Barry Kerner, Physician-in-Chief of Silver Hill Hospital, said that many people abuse amphetamines and can acquire those drugs easily.
“Few doctors administer psychological testing for ADHD” and few doctors call patients’ previous psychiatrists for verification, which can lead to a “made-up history” which a person can use to acquire amphetamine prescriptions for years, he said. Many doctors could prescribe these drugs to a patient who may have read about and then feigned having the symptoms needed for ADHD diagnoses, using that information to obtain a prescription, according to Kerner.
If the doctor tries to tell a person whom they suspect does not actually have ADHD, the doctor runs the risk of losing the patient and the patient may just go and find another doctor for their prescription.
“Once you’re diagnosed with that it travels with you. People are often too busy to spend the time finding what the right diagnosis is. When people say they’ve been on this [amphetamine] for three years, and I say you don’t have ADHD, people get angry, get up and leave and go on to the next doctor,” said Kerner.
“It’s extremely easy to get the prescription for stimulants,” said Kerner.
Adults are the main abusers
It’s not just college kids who use amphetamines as ‘study drugs,’ either.
“There’s a whole area abuse that goes unnoticed,” said Kerner. “Soccer moms, who have to get through their day while doing 600 chores to run—they’ve got kids, benefits to go to, tennis in the morning, they’re running around the whole day” and might use stimulants to get through it, either by obtaining it through their own doctor or even using their children’s anti-ADHD drug.
“Then they might take benzodiazepines to go to sleep at night” he said. Benzodiazepines are a ‘downer’ drug which would be used in this case to counter-affect amphetamines ‘upper’ qualities.
While Kerner acknowledged that adolescents do abuse the drugs, “Most of the abuse is taking place in adults,” he said. “I think one of the reasons why there’s a shortage is because it’s being over prescribed....ADHD doesn’t begin in adulthood.”
Kerner noted that Provigil, a brand named drug that cost $18.55 per pill in August 2010, is a popular drug on Wall Street.
“If you’re putting in 14-hour days, some people resort to taking a stimulant to getting through the day,” he said.
People who use pharmaceutical amphetamines habitually don’t experience physical withdrawal from the drug, but they are “habit forming and psychologically addictive” and in some cases patients may “crash, get depressed, get lackluster, and have no energy,” said Kerner.
Black market diversion and abuse
Perhaps because many people need to juggle multiple tasks and work harder to get ahead, or even just keep a job, the black market of amphetamines is thriving.
Kerner said there have been cases of people going to different psychiatrists in different states to obtain large quantities of the drug and sell them. He recalled reading about an instance where a person sold pills on Craigslist for profit. People sell them within their own social groups—a commonality in college—sometimes crush and snort the pills, and in rare instances melt the drug down and inject it, he said.
“We’ve had examples of abuse, people taking two, three, four times the amount as they’re supposed to take. We’ve had a kid with the correct [ADHD] diagnosis and abusing it,” said Kerner.
Dangers for patients without their medication
The Times article states that the Chief Executive of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder believes “the drug shortages had become so acute that many patients were going untreated, increasing their risks of deadly traffic accidents and job dismissals.”
Kerner agreed, but only “for a small population of the people taking it. There are people who are truly ADD and ADHD, and these medications really help them,” he said. Amphetamines can also be prescribed for narcolepsy and occasionally used for some of its anti-depression effects.
(Ed’s note: For more insights into healthy living—and the dangers of the lack thereof—at the Silver Hill blog on Patch.)
This is grade A drug company BS I've been taking ADD meds for 20 years and I have never seen this. What they've done is manipulated the law to create an artificial shortage of Generic ADD drugs so they can line their pockets with brand name profits. What should happen is our (useless) congress should pass a law that says "If the generic is not available the the brand name has to be sold at the generics price." See how long this 'shortage' lasts after that happens. But they would never do it because the drug companies line their political (and likely private) pocketbooks. Corruption at its finest. I think America is the only nation that you can get this drug prescribed., I was told about another product called AddieUP thats for sale in the US--- not as strong but works well with ADD etc., and needs no script or pharmacy to order
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Alex Grey in Atlanta Atlanta - Alex Grey in Atlanta at Metropolitain Parkway Blue Tower Gallery | Eventful
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The first Annual Visionary Arts Fair of Atlanta Featuring Alex and Allyson Grey
Area 51 Presents The first Annual Visionary Arts Fair of Atlanta featuring world class multi-disciplined visionary artists Alex and Allyson Grey's first appearance in the State of Georgia. ART BAZAAR by day. Visionary Art Gallery • Laser Light show • Alex and Allyson Grey and three other artists live painting, DJ's, 3 Stages,Aerialists & Fire Performance. A Full-Day & Evening of Entertainment in a unique Indoor/Outdoor event setting
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ART BAZAAR by day. Visionary Art Gallery • Laser Light show • Alex and Allyson Grey and three other artists live painting • DJ's • 3 Stages • Aerialists & Fire PerformanceFull-Day & Evening Indoor/Outdoor event
VISIONARY ARTISTS:
Alex & Allyson Grey
Keith Prossick
VISIBLEMAN
Cynthia Rose Young
Tess Conway
Grahm Thomas
Dia Star - body painter
Brighton Early - body painter
World Body Painting Champions:
Scott Fray & Foxy Moxy
Neon Armour - body painter
Jonathan Singer - VJ
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Living Modern Art Legends Alex and Allyson Grey's 1st Atlanta Appearance http://amplify.com/u/a1bblf
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Top 100 Social Media, Internet Marketing & SEO Blogs – 2011 | Cision Blog
This is a guest post from Yvette Pistorio, Senior Supervisor of Media Research and Beth Blanchard, Supervisor of Media Research at Cision.
It’s about that time of year for Cision and Sarah Evans to unleash the list of the Top 100 Social Media and Internet Marketing blogs on you. But this year, we’ve changed it up a bit. We’ve included SEO blogs in our list since it is becoming an even stronger force in 2011!
Here’s a rundown of our measurement analysis. We chose four Web audience metrics: Average Unique Visitors per Month (available in CisionPoint), Average Page Views per Month per Unique Visitor, Average Time (seconds) per Month per Unique Visitor, and Average Visits per Month per Unique, all from Compete.com. Using Cision’s media database, I was able to find over 400 blogs covering social media, online marketing and search engines as a whole. From there, I drilled the entire list down to the blogs that primarily focused on social media, online marketing and SEO. Next, I ranked the blogs based on the four metrics provided by Compete. You can also quickly follow what this presitigous group is tweeting about through Cision’s Twitter list here. Here are the results.
Disclaimer: a question we’ve addressed often on this blog and in many of our free Cision Webinars, with all the metrics available for determining influence on the social Web, how can you determine which blogs really matter? Unfortunately there isn’t one metric that serves as a reliable indicator. As Jay noted in his original list, influence is subjective by nature and we’ve read a lot of great posts by bloggers who didn’t make the list. Some of them wield more influence in social media education endeavors outside of their blogs, such as conferences, Webinars, podcasts and white papers.
Since we included SEO blogs, our list has shifted quite a bit from last year, so some of the power rankings may seem extreme since there are so many new blogs to the list. Here’s a look:
UPDATE 4/15/11: Our original analysis accidentally overlooked 3 top 100 blogs, which have since been added to the list below. It was an accidental oversight on our part, and our apologies go out to Valeria Maltoni, Todd Defren and Matt Cutts… all amazing bloggers who should have been on the original list.
You can also check out Cision’s Top 10 UK Online Marketing blogs and follow those bloggers on Twitter.
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Monday, July 4, 2011
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