'People are just getting fed up,' said one psychiatrist.
have stretched on for nearly 18 months, with no clear end in sight for many Americans who've found it difficult if not impossible to get the treatments.The drop is "quite striking," said Truveta vice president of research Nick Stucky, whose team analyzed de-identified records of more than 336,000 ADHD patients.The problem has recently been getting attention on Capitol Hill and from federal regulators.
"The question is, 'What is now perpetuating the shortage?' And that's not a question that's been adequately answered," Johns Hopkins psychiatry professor David GoodmanGene Rhea, a pharmacy official at Duke Health, said patients most affected by the shortages are those who need a specific strength or dosage and can switch, but might have a treatment delay or be stuck with higher out-of-pocket costs.
New York psychiatrist Judith Joseph said sometimes her office has to call 20 pharmacies just to locate a stimulant for one patient. The inability to maintain their prescription can hurt ADHD patients' ability to focus and problem-solve, and it can put a strain on relationships, Joseph said. "For someone accustomed to receiving those supports, it's really frustrating," Joseph said. "People are just getting fed up."Share on linkedin
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