A study following nearly 250,000 Swedes using ADHD medication for 14 years revealed that these treatments can reduce Traffic accidents, injuries and criminal behavior – and this conclusion has remained true even if more girls, women and adult men have been diagnosed.
“I want us to have access to this type of data for the United States,” said Ryan Sultan, who was not part of the study and is a psychiatrist and professor at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center where he specializes in ADHD. “Being able to follow them from birth means that their data is really, really powerful.”
The study happens that providers in the United States are facing twin realities: the prescriptions of ADHD medication are soiled – largely thanks to telehentan and decrease stigma – while drug shortages jeopardize people’s access to these critical treatments. Scientists also learn more about how the condition interacts with other variables, such as how menstrual periods may affect symptoms and treatment.
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