Adderall XR Restored to Canadian Market

Re: Myocardial infarction associated with Adderall XR and alcohol use in a young man.

Adderall, consisting of a mixture of amphetamine salts and dextroamphetamine salts, is a prescription drug for attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and narcolepsy. Labeled or unlabeled use of Adderall is gaining popularity among young children and college students. Although it is rare, Adderall use is associated with myocardial infarction and even sudden death. We report a case of a ...

Inconclusive evidence puts Adderall back on the market.

A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group study of SLI381 (Adderall XR) in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

OBJECTIVE SLI381 (Adderall XR) is a 2-component extended-release capsule formulation of Adderall designed to produce a therapeutic effect that lasts throughout the day with 1 morning dose. The primary objective of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of SLI381 compared with placebo in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children in a naturalistic scho...

Concentration and Market Power in Canadian Agribusiness

A long-held belief in industrial economics is that extending the size of the market reduces concentration and diminishes the ability of firms to exercise market power. At its simplest, this proposition stems from the idea that larger markets will be able to support a greater numbers of firms, and that the presence of more firms leads to more competitive pricing. This belief has had particular a...

Has the Canadian Labour Market Polarized?

We use Census and Labour Force Survey (LFS) data for the period from 1971 to 2012 to investigate whether the Canadian wage and employment structures have polarized, that is, whether wages and employment have grown more in high and low than in middle paying occupations. We find that there has been faster growth in employment in both high and low paying occupations than those in the middle since ...