Drugs used to treat ADHD surged during the pandemic, shows CDC report
According to recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, prescriptions for stimulants used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased during the COVID-19 pandemic as access to medications increased due to telemedicine options (CDC). The biggest rise in 2020-2021 The CDC analysis discovered that there was a rise in prescription stimulant use among adult males, adolescents, and adult females with employer-sponsored insurance, between 2016 and 2021, with a notable rise observed in 2020–2021, the first year of the pandemic. Between 2020 and 2021, the proportion of girls aged 5-64 with at least one prescription for a stimulant increased from 3.8 to 4.1 percent, while the proportion of males in the same age group increased from 4 to 4.2 percent. The largest rise of any age group in either sex group occurred in the percentage of girls between the ages of 20 and 24 who had at least one prescription for a stimulant, which increased from 5.2 to ...