Expert Perspectives on Novel Drug Delivery Systems in the Management of Pediatric ADHD

Perry Roy, MD, explains how an FDA-cleared objective test can assist in an ADHD diagnosis.

Each year in this country, physicians prescribe medications to treat ADHD in nearly 3 million children. The safety of these agents has been the subject of some debate.

To assess the role of familial factors, investigators analyzed data for a family-based group created from another Swedish national register that included 833,172 individuals without ADHD with different levels of relatedness to the individuals with ADHD and a group of matched controls.

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Researchers hope a new study will alleviate patients and clinicians fear of prescribing stimulants for children with ADHD.

In a recent study, positive safety and efficacy outcomes for serdexmethylphenidate/dexmethylphenidate (SDX/d-MPH; Azstarys; KemPharm) were found in children aged 6 years and older with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).