Single-dose Potassium Supplementation in Patients With ADHD for Whom the Anesthetic Lidocaine is Ineffective

Summary

Randomized, controlled, double-blind trial of the effect of a single dose of potassium on ADHD symptoms as measured by changes in measures of symptoms of ADHD correlated with the results of their Lidocaine Effectiveness Test.

Timeline

Start

2018-07-01

Primary completion

2018-11-04

Completion

2018-12-31

Publications

• Background Infante MA, Moore EM, Nguyen TT, Fourligas N, Mattson SN, Riley EP. Objective assessment of ADHD core symptoms in children with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure. Physiol Behav. 2015 Sep 1;148:45-50. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2014.10.014. Epub 2014 Oct 23.
• Background Levitt JO. Practical aspects in the management of hypokalemic periodic paralysis. J Transl Med. 2008 Apr 21;6:18. doi: 10.1186/1479-5876-6-18.
• Background Nakai Y, Milgrom P, Mancl L, Coldwell SE, Domoto PK, Ramsay DS. Effectiveness of local anesthesia in pediatric dental practice. J Am Dent Assoc. 2000 Dec;131(12):1699-705. doi: 10.14219/jada.archive.2000.0115.
• Background Segal MM. We cannot say whether attention deficit hyperactivity disorder exists, but we can find its molecular mechanisms. Pediatr Neurol. 2014 Jul;51(1):15-6. doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2014.04.014. Epub 2014 Apr 18. No abstract available.
• Background Segal MM, Rogers GF, Needleman HL, Chapman CA. Hypokalemic sensory overstimulation. J Child Neurol. 2007 Dec;22(12):1408-10. doi: 10.1177/0883073807307095.
• Background Segal MM, Douglas AF. Late sodium channel openings underlying epileptiform activity are preferentially diminished by the anticonvulsant phenytoin. J Neurophysiol. 1997 Jun;77(6):3021-34. doi: 10.1152/jn.1997.77.6.3021.
• Background Teicher MH, Polcari A, Fourligas N, Vitaliano G, Navalta CP. Hyperactivity persists in male and female adults with ADHD and remains a highly discriminative feature of the disorder: a case-control study. BMC Psychiatry. 2012 Nov 7;12:190. doi: 10.1186/1471-244X-12-190.

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