ADHD Drugs Not Effective in Many Young Children, Study Concludes
Treatment for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) does not appear to help many young children, a new study
concludes.
The study followed 186 children, ages 3 to 5, who had moderate to
severe ADHD. Six years after their diagnosis, about 90 percent still
showed symptoms such as over-activity, impulse control or
inattentiveness, according to Bloomberg.
Two-thirds of the children were on medication. These children did not
show significant differences in ADHD severity, compared with those who
were not taking drugs. Almost two-thirds of treated children had
significant hyperactivity and impulsivity, compared with 58 percent of
those not taking medication.
“ADHD in preschoolers is a chronic and rather persistent condition,
one that requires better long-term behavioral and pharmacological
treatments than we currently have,” study author Mark Riddle of the
Johns Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore, said in a news release.
The study appears in the Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adult Psychiatry.
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