How to Use methylphenidate in a Sentence

methylphenidate

noun

• Rates for cocaine and psychostimulants with abuse potential — which includes drugs such as methamphetamine, amphetamine and methylphenidate — also increased.
  — CBS News, 22 Mar. 2024
• In some instances, a doctor may use methylphenidate, such as Ritalin, to treat narcolepsy.
  — Sarah Fielding, Health.com, 6 Dec. 2021
• The rest were a combination of the opioid painkillers hydrocodone and codeine, and methylphenidate, a stimulant commonly known as Ritalin.
  — Aubrey Whelan, Philly.com, 28 June 2018
• Those in the top 25% of productivity with placebo often ended up in the bottom 25% with methylphenidate, for example.
  — Judy George | Medpage Today, ABC News, 15 June 2023
• Though the agency raised its limits for methylphenidate after that shortage began last year, the DEA has also blamed some drugmakers for not manufacturing up to their quotas.
  — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 8 Feb. 2024
• Those drugs are not approved in the European Union, where methylphenidate—sold under various trade names, including Ritalin—is more commonly used.
  — Arran Frood, Scientific American, 6 July 2018
• The active ingredient was a highly addictive compound called methylphenidate.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Esquire, 27 Mar. 2014
• Ritalin, or methylphenidate, is in a class of medications called central nervous system stimulants, which are often used in children and adults to help control symptoms of ADHD or to treat narcolepsy.
  — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 21 May 2018
• An earlier study had found no connection between methylphenidate and major malformations.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2018
• For example, the AAP suggests doctors prescribe methylphenidate (sold under brand names including Ritalin) to preschool-age children when behavioral therapy fails or isn’t available.
  — Julia Belluz, Vox, 17 Dec. 2018
• Other studies suggest that nicotine may be as effective at enhancing attention as methylphenidate (Ritalin) and the wakefulness-promoting drug modafinil (Provigil).
  — Dan Hurley, Discover Magazine, 4 Feb. 2014
• Nature released the results of an online survey in which 20 percent of respondents, largely drawn from the scientific community, admitted to using brain-enhancing drugs like Ritalin (methylphenidate) and Provigil (modafinil).
  — Alexis Madrigal, WIRED, 9 Apr. 2008
• These include various preparations and formulations of amphetamine and methylphenidate.
  — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 2018
• There are no enthusiastic sales representatives encouraging doctors to use generic alendronate sodium (Fosamax) or methylphenidate (Ritalin).
  — Tim Calkins, Fortune, 6 July 2017
• Their respective doctors had prescribed them ADHD medications like methylphenidate, amphetamine, dexamphetamine, lisdexamfetamine, and atomoxetine.
  — Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 6 May 2022

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024