Comments on: The Attention Deficit Disorder Blog is a Fraud http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/ ...politics, pictures, pugs and all that jazz Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:35:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: LDblog » ADD bologna http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-17236 LDblog » ADD bologna Fri, 08 Dec 2006 12:22:07 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/#comment-17236 [...] Link to Liz’s post about the site. Here’s a link to the post on Drumsnwhistles to which Liz referred. Filed under: News, Comments, ADHD, Research, Families — JohnL @ 6:02 am [...] [...] Link to Liz’s post about the site. Here’s a link to the post on Drumsnwhistles to which Liz referred. Filed under: News, Comments, ADHD, Research, Families — JohnL @ 6:02 am [...]

]]> By: drumsnwhistles http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-16912 drumsnwhistles Wed, 06 Dec 2006 22:00:06 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/#comment-16912 Uggggh. I guess I need to start reading her site more regularly if for no other reason than to debunk the crap she's posting there. Uggggh. I guess I need to start reading her site more regularly if for no other reason than to debunk the crap she’s posting there.

]]> By: Liz http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-16806 Liz Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:36:33 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/#comment-16806 Oh, yuck. Now Jeannine Virtue is flogging "DMAE (dimethylaminoethanol), with its ability to stabilize cell membranes that contribute to increased memory and healthier brain activity, is proven to boost memory and reduce the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). That is a commonly known fact. [snip] To get the two-for-one benefit of DMAE, use Attend, which contains 16.7 mg of DMAE per eevery two capsules!" By contrast, a reputable source, Dr. Richard Sogn at Web MD says, http://blogs.webmd.com/adhd-medications-and-treatments/ "Dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) was a prescription drug for ADHD-like symptoms until the 1980s when it was withdrawn because of lack of proof of effectiveness and safety, and it is now available as a dietary supplement. As was true in the 1980s, there still isn't enough evidence about effectiveness or safety to recommend it." Oh, yuck. Now Jeannine Virtue is flogging

“DMAE (dimethylaminoethanol), with its ability to stabilize cell membranes that contribute to increased memory and healthier brain activity, is proven to boost memory and reduce the symptoms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). That is a commonly known fact.

[snip]

To get the two-for-one benefit of DMAE, use Attend, which contains 16.7 mg of DMAE per eevery two capsules!”

By contrast, a reputable source, Dr. Richard Sogn at Web MD says,

http://blogs.webmd.com/adhd-medications-and-treatments/

“Dimethylaminoethanol (DMAE) was a prescription drug for ADHD-like symptoms until the 1980s when it was withdrawn because of lack of proof of effectiveness and safety, and it is now available as a dietary supplement. As was true in the 1980s, there still isn’t enough evidence about effectiveness or safety to recommend it.”

]]> By: Liz http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-16802 Liz Wed, 06 Dec 2006 20:13:49 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/#comment-16802 Man I am so tired of the quack "treatments" for LDs and ADHD. Because "Attend" is a class of substances classified as a "nutraceutical" it does not have to face the same sorts of regulation as medications that actually work. So the Snake Oil Lobby can babble on about "research" and not have to actually prove anything. I doubt the research was actually performed. Man I am so tired of the quack “treatments” for LDs and ADHD. Because “Attend” is a class of substances classified as a “nutraceutical” it does not have to face the same sorts of regulation as medications that actually work.

So the Snake Oil Lobby can babble on about “research” and not have to actually prove anything. I doubt the research was actually performed.

]]> By: The Attention Deficit Disorder Blog is a Fraud :: Newstack http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-16793 The Attention Deficit Disorder Blog is a Fraud :: Newstack Wed, 06 Dec 2006 18:22:13 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/#comment-16793 [...] Read more: here [...] [...] Read more: here [...]

]]> By: drumsnwhistles http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-16147 drumsnwhistles Fri, 01 Dec 2006 08:53:40 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/#comment-16147 What I'm curious about is why Google keeps sending it through on my Alerts. Obviously she's gamed her page rank, but the same post keeps coming through over and over again. In the process of looking into it a bit more closely, I noticed that she runs one for arthritis pain relief, too. The snake oil sales are one of my pet peeves, because they're always selling at the expense of proven medical treatments. What I’m curious about is why Google keeps sending it through on my Alerts. Obviously she’s gamed her page rank, but the same post keeps coming through over and over again. In the process of looking into it a bit more closely, I noticed that she runs one for arthritis pain relief, too. The snake oil sales are one of my pet peeves, because they’re always selling at the expense of proven medical treatments.

]]> By: Kris http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-16122 Kris Fri, 01 Dec 2006 05:25:07 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/#comment-16122 What a crock! I hate when people try to push their agendas on other people. Parents dealing with kids who have ADHD are so vulnerable to this kind of stuff. Thanks for exposing the undisclosed conflict of interest. What a crock! I hate when people try to push their agendas on other people. Parents dealing with kids who have ADHD are so vulnerable to this kind of stuff. Thanks for exposing the undisclosed conflict of interest.

]]> By: Heraldblog http://www.drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/comment-page-1/#comment-15919 Heraldblog Thu, 30 Nov 2006 00:34:17 +0000 http://drumsnwhistles.com/2006/11/29/the-attention-deficit-disorder-blog-is-a-fraud/#comment-15919 This is really disturbing to me. There have always been snake oil salesmen, but the internet allows them not only to reach a wider market, but to falsely cloak themselves in the respectability of science. I'm particularly pissed at the quack doctors and sham groups who peddle false "cures" to parents of autistic children. They have their own medical "experts", listserves where parents share their counterfeit knowledge, and lazy science writers who report every hypothesis as a fact. Thanks for writing about this. This is really disturbing to me. There have always been snake oil salesmen, but the internet allows them not only to reach a wider market, but to falsely cloak themselves in the respectability of science. I’m particularly pissed at the quack doctors and sham groups who peddle false “cures” to parents of autistic children. They have their own medical “experts”, listserves where parents share their counterfeit knowledge, and lazy science writers who report every hypothesis as a fact. Thanks for writing about this.

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