Do Study Drugs Work? The True Cost Of Taking Study Drugs
The abuse of study drugs is common, unfortunately. Even though you may read articles and see news reports about such drugs and think to yourself, “I don’t know anyone who uses those drugs,” there’s a good chance that you know someone who actually does.
Students and others abuse study drugs such as Ritalin, Concerta, and Adderall in part because many people use such drugs. Doctors issue millions prescriptions for such drugs every year.
There’s a considerable amount of controversy whether people should use these drugs and similar drugs at all, even if they use them correctly according to the dictates of their prescriptions. Some people say that doctors are overprescribing such drugs for behaviors that really just amount to kids behaving like kids.
Regardless of where you stand in those debates, it’s clear that some people abuse drugs such as Adderall, Concerta, and Ritalin. These drug abusers believe that since the drugs are intended to help people with ADHD focus and people with narcolepsy with their sleep disorder, that the drugs can also help them focus and stay awake.
This type of thinking can be dangerous, even deadly. Many study drugs are stimulants. People might believe that this means they stimulate the brain. But stimulants can stimulate the brain in ways the users never anticipated, since they can cause
- confusion
- dizziness
- seizures
- comas
Study drugs don’t just stimulate the brain. They also stimulate the heart and could cause it to race, as well as causing irregular heart rates. They can also raise body temperatures to dangerously high levels and breathing rates to dangerously low ones.
It’s odd that people abuse study drugs to help them focus, because they might produce results that prevent any chance of them ever finding such focus. Students shouldn’t sacrifice good health for good grades.
