Children's Health Defense Prescriptions for stimulant drugs such as Adderall spiked, especially among young women, during the pandemic when more people used telehealth services, a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevent report shows.
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Prescriptions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs spiked during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among young women, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows.
The spike is part of a growing trend in the use of these prescribed stimulants â more than 45 million prescriptions for Adderall alone were dispensed last year.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last October announced an Adderall shortage that is still ongoing and has left millions of Americans scared and scrambling â switching medications, rationing doses because they canât fill prescriptions or seeking replacement drugs on the black market.
Many young women have taken to TikTok to share their suspicions that as a result of the shortage, the formula is being watered down. The New York Times reported earlier this month that videos related to the phrase âadhd meds not workingâ have been viewed more than 15 million times on the social media platform.
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