ADHD drugs may cause hallucinations in some children

Patients and physicians should be aware that psychosis or mania arising during drug treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder may represent adverse drug reactions, researchers say. Published in the journal of Pediatrics, the study found that some patients, including those with no identifiable risk factors, developed drug-related symptoms of psychosis or mania at usual doses. From a review of nearly 50 randomised, controlled, trials of paediatric development programs for ADHD drugs the researchers identified a total of 11 psychosis/mania adverse events during 743 person-years of double-blind treatment. No comparable adverse events were reported in a total of 420 person-years of placebo exposure in the same trials. The rate per 100 person-years in the pooled active drug group was 1.48....