A new study from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Effective Health Care Program, developed in partnership with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, found that adult attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) prescription stimulant misuse is associated with being under age 30, White, and living in metropolitan areas. Researchers also looked into the primary reasons for the misuse.
At the top of the list was to focus, followed by: to stay awake, to study better, to get high or experiment, and to lose weight. Less than 4 percent of young adults, aged 19 to 30, misused ADHD medications in 2023 compared to 7.8 percent in 2022.
Read the report here.
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