Friday, September 08, 2006

Parents Looking At Alternatives

According to the Centers for Disease Control, 4.4 million children ages 4-17 have been diagnosed with ADHD and 2.5 million children in that age range
receive prescription drugs to treat Attention Deficit Disorder. Despite the high
number of children taking ADHD medication, this also shows a high number of parents electing not to medicate their ADD children. Parents increasingly seek natural remedies that include diet modification, nutritional supplementation and homeopathy to avoid the negative side effects of ADHD drugs.

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