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Boy, 4, given meds after just one appointment

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It took just one hour for four-year-old Lewis to be prescribed ADHD pills Vyvanse at his first paediatrician appointment.But experts insist parents shouldn’t feel any urgency to medicate young children and other treatment options should be explored first. Mum Emily Watson said she felt she had no choice, particularly when the doctor compared leaving her son un-medicated to depriving a diabetic of insulin. However, the medicine that was supposed to help the little Brisbane boy only made his symptoms…



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