Study: Doctor payments from pharma coincide with more ADHD prescriptions

Researchers have shown clear connections between the opioid epidemic and increase of pharmaceutical company payments to doctors. Now, new research shows a similar phenomenon with prescribing stimulants to children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. A study published by researchers at Boston Medical Center’s Grayken Center for Addiction in JAMA Pediatrics, found that stimulant drug manufacturers are interacting with doctors frequently. From 2014 to 2018, the industry offered food or…
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