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Old 11-10-2007, 01:18 AM
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⌐ AV8OR WANNABE
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My former student had his medical revoked 4 weeks after his solo flight. On his medical form (2nd class) he said he'd been taking Ritalin (sp?) in the past (2 years prior I believe). The AME missed that info and issued him his second class medical, I soloed him and a few weeks later he called me in tears saying he got a letter from the FAA saying his medical was revoked. This was in the late 90's not sure if things changed since then but I believe he was told he had to be off the medication for at least 5 years! before they'd issue him a medical.

I once read that Ritalin is oversubscribed in the majority of the cases, especially when it comes to boys. The author of the article said Ritalin was used to "feminize" the 'natural' behavior of boys. I’m not a doctor but that kind of makes sense to me.
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