~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This message is from PedTalk! To reply to the group, use "" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I would inform tha mom that I needed to report to social services, and discuss that if the ritalin wasn't working, we should consider Clonadine, perhaps in a patch form, hard to smoke or snort. I'd stay in the medical arena and let the soc. serv dept and the poliece do the legal investigation re the selling and abuse of substance. grace > -----Original Message----- > From: [SMTP:] > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 1997 11:54 AM > To: > Subject: Ritalin for sale > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > This message is from PedTalk! To reply to the group, use > "" > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > I would be interested in others opinions of this. Yesterday, I got a > call from the gmom of a patient who seems reliable and she reported to > me that the uncle of one of the patients I have on Ritalin for ADHD is > selling his Ritalin and mixing it with crystal. She called to warn me > because the mom was coming in later that day. Well, sure enough she > tried to convince me that his dose wasn't enough, even though he is > doing ok in Head Start, and she came in with her neighbor who brought > her daughter in for, you guessed it an ADHD eval. Her other daughter > is > also on Ritalin. Now, I have seen these kids and believe their > symptoms > are legitimate, but I have opted to separate them all from the > practice. I also notified the local police dept. I would be > interested > in others' opinions. I also notified the other physicians in our > group > about this. Obviously, I have no proof, but didn't feel the risk > justified any further relationship with them. I also have separated > the > child's cousins as they also have one child with ADHD. Kevin Kramer, > MD,FAAP > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > group. > "http://www.pcc.com/lists/"; > "unsubscribe"