Methylphenidate Good First-Choice Pediatric ADHD Drug

[Pennywink]

I found this article very interesting & thought I'd share. Granted, if you found a medication strategy that works for you, definitely don't change it, as it really varies from person to person.

psychiatryadvisor.com/adhd/...

"The researchers found that for ADHD core symptoms rated by clinicians in children and adolescents closest to 12 weeks, all included drugs were superior to placebo, but for comparisons based on teachers' ratings, only methylphenidate and modafinil were more efficacious than placebo. For clinicians' ratings of adult patients, amphetamines, methylphenidate, bupropion, and atomoxetine were better than placebo, but modafinil was not. Amphetamines were inferior in tolerability to placebo in both children and adolescents (odds ratio [OR], 2.3) and adults (OR, 3.26), and guanfacine was inferior to placebo only in children and adolescents (OR, 2.64), while atomoxetine (OR, 2.33), methylphenidate (OR, 2.39) and modafinil (OR, 4.01) were less well tolerated than placebo in adults only. In head-to-head comparisons, differences in efficacy favored amphetamines over modafinil, atomoxetine, and methylphenidate in both children and adolescents and adults."

[SylvieS]

That was interesting thank you!