“Since then, I’ve not been able to access any new medication.” James isn’t alone. An estimated 150,000 people in the UK are in the same position, after the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC) announced a shortage of medications used to treat ADHD in ...
Shelley Frieze, mum of 14-year-old Isaac, said she's facing a constant battle to get hold of his ADHD medication - and it has impacted his schoolwork. "It's a nightmare. I mean this is people's livelihoods... you know ADHD is a medical illness, it's like telling somebody to cope...
Subscribe to ad-free ADHD medication shortage 'worst ever seen' as one-third rationing medicine Wed 17 Jan 7.37am•A survey for ITV's Good Morning Britain has revealed that nearly a third of people with ADHD are having to ration their medication due to drug shortages. ...
In Autumn last year, the UK government reported an ongoing shortage of numerous medications used to treat ADHD.
Predicting when the supply of ADHDmedicationwill go back to normal is difficult. TheNHSsaid that the shortages would be resolved by December 2023, but that has not happened. Takeda UK, one of the main manufacturers of ADHD drugs in the UK, says the supply issues will continue until April ...
On Your Side: ADHD medication shortageA nationwide shortage of medications used to treat ADHD is entering its sixth month with no end in sight. On Your Side's Kristine Lazar has a look at the problem, and what could help end it.Mar 23, 2023...
What's causing the ADHD medication shortage? Growing demand from patients in need of ADHD treatment and federal limits to supply have both been blamed for the ongoing shortages, among a number of factors. Prescriptions for ADHD medications have grownin the U.S.andaround the worldin the wake ...
Rojas: If the child has taken a different medication in the past and tolerated it, it should be okay to switch. Otherwise, definitely talk to your clinician because ADHD drugs are not equivalent. There are few head-to-head studies, but we have a lot of clinical experience that, for examp...