ADHD medication prescription rates rise in kids, antibiotic rates down
Fewer children are being prescribed antibiotics nowadays compared to a decade ago, according to a new study from the Food and Drug Administration. but over the past 10 years, more kids and teens were given prescriptions for ADHD drugs.
The study – published online June 18 in Pediatrics – tracked trends in drug prescriptions among infants, children and adolescents between the ages of 0 and 17 from 2002 to 2010. in 2010, 263.6 million prescriptions were prescribed for young patients – about a 7 percent drop compared to 2002. meanwhile over that decade, rates for adult prescriptions increased 22 percent.…
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