How to Use methylphenidate in a Sentence

methylphenidate

noun

• Kohler said he was intrigued by the new study’s finding that methylphenidate can play a preventive role in younger children.
  — David Cox, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
• In some instances, a doctor may use methylphenidate, such as Ritalin, to treat narcolepsy.
  — Sarah Fielding, Health.com, 6 Dec. 2021
• The majority of them (88%) were prescribed methylphenidate by their doctors.
  — Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• In fact, sustained methylphenidate treatment, when prescribed to children under age 13, for three to four years appeared to lower the risk.
  — David Cox, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
• People taking amphetamines or methamphetamines were more likely to misuse than those taking methylphenidates.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 19 Mar. 2025
• An earlier study had found no connection between methylphenidate and major malformations.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2018
• The active ingredient was a highly addictive compound called methylphenidate.
  — Ryan D'agostino, Esquire, 27 Mar. 2014
• On methylphenidate, for example, participants took around 50% longer on average to complete the knapsack task. Productivity -- defined as the average value gained per move -- decreased compared with placebo when participants used cognitive-enhancing drugs.
  — Judy George | Medpage Today, ABC News, 15 June 2023
• And, one to two weeks apart from the psilocybin dose, participants received a dose of methylphenidate, the generic form of Ritalin, which served as a control.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 July 2024
• This may be because methylphenidate doses were lower than amphetamine doses, according to the analysis.
  — Don Rauf, EverydayHealth.com, 18 Sep. 2024
• One study found that treating children with ADHD with methylphenidate reduced their risk of burn injuries by 57%.
  — Kate Harrington, The Conversation, 25 July 2024
• 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
• Rates for cocaine and psychostimulants with abuse potential — which includes drugs such as methamphetamine, amphetamine and methylphenidate — also increased.
  — CBS News, 22 Mar. 2024
• The whole group seems to accept the definite possibility that their captive is telling the truth, but Kaitlyn orders a thirty-milligram methylphenidate injection and polygraph test, just to be safe.
  — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 24 Nov. 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
• One study in children with ADHD also taking methylphenidate found that melatonin improved sleep in over 60% of participants.
  — Kirstyn Hill, Pharmd, Mph, Health, 11 Sep. 2024
• This finding matches with prior research, carried out in lab mice and rats, which has found that long-term methylphenidate treatment in juvenile animals normalizes some abnormalities in dopamine-rich brain regions.
  — David Cox, NBC news, 25 Mar. 2026
• 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
• These include various preparations and formulations of amphetamine and methylphenidate.
  — Andrea K. McDaniels, baltimoresun.com, 17 May 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
• 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
• Caffeine While stimulant medications like Ritalin (methylphenidate) are used to treat ADHD, the research results on caffeine as a stimulant option are mixed.
  — Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Oct. 2025
• There are no enthusiastic sales representatives encouraging doctors to use generic alendronate sodium (Fosamax) or methylphenidate (Ritalin).
  — Tim Calkins, Fortune, 6 July 2017
• 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
• In Connecticut, Ritalin, known as methylphenidate, was prescribed 195,671 times in 2022 and 224,111 times in 2024.
  — Alex Klancko, Hartford Courant, 24 Jan. 2026
• Stimulant Medications Stimulant medications include amphetamines, such as Adderall, and methylphenidates.
  — Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 12 Apr. 2024
• Their respective doctors had prescribed them ADHD medications like methylphenidate, amphetamine, dexamphetamine, lisdexamfetamine, and atomoxetine.
  — Anuradha Varanasi, Forbes, 6 May 2022
• Each person ingested either 25 milligrams of pharmaceutical-grade psilocybin or a 40 milligram dose of methylphenidate, a stimulant often prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 17 July 2024