Despite the effectiveness of stimulant medications approved for the treatment of ADHD across all ages, a concern voiced by skeptics is that the medications are addictive and will lead to substance ...

Molina and her colleagues analyzed 579 patients with ADHD over a 16-year period between childhood, adolescence and adulthood to see if there was any connection between taking stimulant medication ...

For children with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), use of prescription stimulant medication to manage their symptoms was not associated with later substance use, according to a ...

Many parents whose kids take prescription stimulants like Ritalin to treat ADHD worry that it could lead to illicit drug use later. A University of Michigan study appearing in JAMA Network Open ...

Adolescents who received stimulant therapy for ADHD were less likely to report past-year prescription stimulant misuse as young adults compared with their same-age peers who did not receive ...

Stimulant medications reduce the symptoms of ADHD in 70–80% of children. Stimulants are the most common treatment for children with ADHD and are faster-acting than nonstimulants.

The vast majority of adults who think they have ADHD do not have it,” says Gregory Scott Brown, MD, a psychiatrist and Men’s ...

Treatment with stimulants is unlikely to cause psychotic symptoms in children with ADHD, according to a new study published in Pediatrics. The findings contradict previous studies that saw an ...

The effects of non-stimulants, in contrast, last longer—up to 24 hours. ADHD stimulants come with several possible side effects, such as high blood pressure and tachycardia (fast heart rate).

Stimulant treatment for ADHD is not associated with substance use in adolescence and early adulthood, according to a study published in JAMA Psychiatry.“This study found no evidence that ...