Prevalence of 'Performance-Enhancing' Drug Use in Medical Schools (ie. adderal)

[theWUbear]

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A friend of mine recently "warned" me that most people in medical school use adderal or other like drugs to study in medical school. I told her that it is preposterous to think that greater than 50% of medical school students are using prescription drugs to study. Anyone care to comment on the prevalence of this practice?

 

[RogueUnicorn]

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[DirtyJustice]

Good concrete evidence.

 

[Lokhtar]

The plural of anecdote is not data.

I am not aware of studies with medical students done on this.

 

[RogueUnicorn]

also, from what i gather med school classes are not so ultra crazy difficult intense mad that the majority needs to resort to drugging.

 

[FlowRate]

I remember reading a "study" where ~50% of med students had "tried" amphetamines (for studying performance increase).

 

[GH253]

i read that if you snort ritalin, it's a lot like coke

 

[greatnt249]

A friend of mine recently "warned" me that most people in medical school use adderal or other like drugs to study in medical school. I told her that it is preposterous to think that greater than 50% of medical school students are using prescription drugs to study. Anyone care to comment on the prevalence of this practice?

Hypothetically speaking, what would your reaction be if what your "friend" said is true?

 

[greatnt249]

I remember reading a "study" where ~50% of med students had "tried" amphetamines (for studying performance increase).

Source please.

i read that if you snort ritalin, it's a lot like coke

Refer to bleargh's avatar for my reaction.

 

[dienekes88]

I dunno about Adderall, but I've heard of people using EPO. Gotta get that 'crit up to 60% to maximize your potential.

 

[chman]

Hypothetically speaking, what would your reaction be if what your "friend" said is true?

Dude, why not just refer the Op to the original thread on this topic instead of starting this all over again.

OP, there is a lengthy thread on this topic. Hold on, I will try and find it.

 

[chman]

http://forums.studentdoctor.net/showthread.php?t=669935&highlight=adderal+cheating

Here ya go.

EDIT: I realize that the thread I posted is not the "exact" same topic that yours is, but I think that you will find it useful. If not, feel free to not read it.

 

[RogueUnicorn]

I dunno about Adderall, but I've heard of people using EPO. Gotta get that 'crit up to 60% to maximize your potential.

oh lord. can that even circulate

 

[chman]

oh lord. can that even circulate

This may be a dumb question, but what is EPO?

 

[RogueUnicorn]

This may be a dumb question, but what is EPO?

erythropoietin. stimulates RBC production but can turn blood to sludge essentially. wiki has a good article.

 

[dienekes88]

oh lord. can that even circulate

Yeah.

Just ask Bjarne "Mr. 60%" Riis.

 

[FlowRate]

Source please.



Refer to bleargh's avatar for my reaction.

I don't have the full texts to bring up right now, but a quick google search actually yielded scholarly articles:

This one has the abstract accessible.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11294326?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=4&log$=relatedreviews&logdbfrom=pubmed

there are several linked related articles in the sidebar.

 

[greatnt249]

Dude, why not just refer the Op to the original thread on this topic instead of starting this all over again.

OP, there is a lengthy thread on this topic. Hold on, I will try and find it.

Because this discussion didn't have anything to do with cheating, that's why. I was more or less probing for a reaction on how the OP would deal with living in a system that's inherently unfair.

 

[greatnt249]

I don't have the full texts to bring up right now, but a quick google search actually yielded scholarly articles:

This one has the abstract accessible.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11294326?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_DiscoveryPanel.Pubmed_Discovery_RA&linkpos=4&log$=relatedreviews&logdbfrom=pubmed

there are several linked related articles in the sidebar.

While I appreciate you going through the trouble, most of the articles linked in the sidebar are pretty old. That, and they were either abstracts or didn't focus specifically on drugs such as Adderall.

 

[greatnt249]

This may be a dumb question, but what is EPO?

As bleargh already said, it's short for "erythropoietin," an RBC-production stimulating hormone commonly used for what's known as "doping" in sports.

 

[12345a]

every time some half wit wants to start a controversial thread this topic is introduced