Use of ADHD Drugs Up, Especially Among Adults
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
From 2000 to 2004, use of drugs to help keep ADHD patients focused doubled among adults age 20 to 44 and rose 56% among children, according to data released this week by Medco Health Solutions, one of the country’s largest prescription benefit managers. Among reasons cited for the surge: more effective drugs; advertising; and parents’ discovery that they have the same symptoms as children diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
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