by Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainAll Jennifer Howell wanted was to find medication for her son. Instead, she was caught in a maze of desperate phone calls to pharmacies and physicians. Her son, Linus, had been diagnosed with ADHD in 2021 during the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic. Many of his behavioral...
By Kelly Hayes Zenzedi, pictured above, is a stimulant used for the treatment of ADHD and narcolepsy. (Credit: FDA/Azurity Pharmaceuticals) An ADHD medication was recalled in the U.S. after a different prescription drug was found inside the bottle by a pharmacist, U.S. officials said. The recall, announced on Jan. 25 in a notice by the U.S....
by Karolinska Institutet Vyvanse (Lisdexamfetamine) 70mg capsules. Credit: Champlax/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA The ADHD medication lisdexamfetamine was associated with the lowest risk of hospitalization and death in people with amphetamine addiction, when medications generally used among persons with substance use disorders were compared. This is shown in a large registry-based study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in...
