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Stimulants for ADHD in children : Revisited Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)

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Therapeutics Letter 110 reviews the evidence for stimulants in children with ADHD. Conclusions: Whether the benefits of long-term CNS stimulants for ADHD in children outweigh the harms remains unknown. There is convincing evidence that a proportion of boys and girls treated with stimulants in BC and around the world are simply the youngest in their class. There is insufficient evidence to know whether our publications or research findings had an impact on the overall rate of stimulant drug prescribing in BC children. The recent increase in CNS stimulant prescribing in BC is unexplained and concerning.

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Stimulants for ADHD in children : Revisited
Alternate Title
Therapeutics Letter 110
Creator
Therapeutics Initiative (University of British Columbia)
Date Issued
2018-02
Description
Therapeutics Letter 110 reviews the evidence for stimulants in children with ADHD. Conclusions: Whether the benefits of long-term CNS stimulants for ADHD in children outweigh the harms remains unknown. There is convincing evidence that a proportion of boys and girls treated with stimulants in BC and around the world are simply the youngest in their class. There is insufficient evidence to know whether our publications or research findings had an impact on the overall rate of stimulant drug prescribing in BC children. The recent increase in CNS stimulant prescribing in BC is unexplained and concerning.
Subject
Age Factors; Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity; Central Nervous System Stimulants; Child; Drug-Related Side Effects and Adverse Reactions; Prescribing
Geographic Location
British Columbia
Genre
Other
Type
Text
Language
eng
Notes
The UBC TI is funded by the BC Ministry of Health to provide evidence-based information about drug therapy. We neither formulate nor adjudicate provincial drug policies.
Date Available
2023-06-20
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433689
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/85099
Affiliation
Medicine, Faculty of; Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Department of
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Researcher
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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