It is nearly 9 percent of American children who are suffering from ‘attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder’, and its only increasing trend along with the ‘attention deficit disorder and narcolepsy’ is leaving parents with no other option than to drug their children with Ritalin - a methylphenidate — with weight loss as a potential side effect.
Thus, it has a potential side effect of dampening adults’ taste for calories and fat intake. Though it may worry many, it also can bring relief to millions across the world, especially those fallen victim to the obesity epidemic - a breathtaking relief for scientists left worried of the increasing obesity cases and the global economic burden following it.
With just a single Ritalin dose’s capability to dampen adults’ taste for calories and fat, the ADHD drug can prove a potential weight-loss medication.
Though theoretically, Ritalin could help people with those worrisome extra pounds control their appetite, the ADHD drug’s use as an effective weapon to help fight the bulges out of the world has been little studied.
Banking on the theoretical basis for Ritalin’s usage in reducing appetite, the medical fraternity seems to have kept its fingers crossed in its being the future weapon in the battle against the global obesity epidemic.
