Australia has no plans to investigate drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), despite US health authorities examining claims they may cause strokes or heart attacks.The US government authorised the study into the safety of ADHD medications following reports of sudden deaths and hypertension in both children and adults taking the drugs.But a spokeswoman for the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) said Australian authorities would not conduct their own inquiry.Nor have they considered suspending the sale of the drugs, she said."We in Australia at this stage don’t have any plans to look specifically at these drugs,” the spokeswoman said."(But) we will continue to monitor the drugs on a regular basis and we will be looking of course at any research that will be coming out of America.”
