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The compound was first synthesized in 1944 by chemist Leandro Panizzon and marketed as “Ritalin” by Swiss company CIBA (now Novartis) in 1954. The name “Ritalin” derives from the first name of Panizzon’s wife, i.e. Marguerite, nicknamed Rita,<ref>https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3000907/#Sec8</ref> who used Ritalin to compensate for low blood pressure.<ref>Richard L. Myers https://books.google.com/books?id=a4DuGVwyN6cC&q=named+ritalin+after+his+wife&pg=PA178 ABC-CLIO. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-313-33758-1.</ref> | The compound was first synthesized in 1944 by chemist Leandro Panizzon and marketed as “Ritalin” by Swiss company CIBA (now Novartis) in 1954. The name “Ritalin” derives from the first name of Panizzon’s wife, i.e. Marguerite, nicknamed Rita,<ref>https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3000907/#Sec8</ref> who used Ritalin to compensate for low blood pressure.<ref>Richard L. Myers https://books.google.com/books?id=a4DuGVwyN6cC&q=named+ritalin+after+his+wife&pg=PA178 ABC-CLIO. p. 178. ISBN 978-0-313-33758-1.</ref> | ||