Adderall, Ritalin and other stimulants prescribed for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder seem to work on brain areas ...

More than 3 million children take medication to manage ADHD symptoms. Discover how new research suggests they may work a ...

Drugs like Adderall and Ritalin appear to help children with ADHD by activating brain areas involved in alertness and ...

Medication isn’t the only option for ADHD, but for some, it can be transformative. This piece examines how ADHD can be managed, and benefits and risks to stimulant use.

For decades, ADHD stimulant medications have been thought to sharpen attention, but new research has uncovered something very ...

ADHD stimulants may improve performance not by sharpening focus, but by making the brain more awake and motivated.

New research suggests that prescription stimulants for ADHD don't actually improve attention directly. They work on different pathways in the brain that support attention. .

ADHD stimulants appear to work less by sharpening focus and more by waking up the brain. Brain scans revealed that these ...

SaveHealth reports that choosing ADHD medications involves understanding stimulant vs. nonstimulant types, side effects, ...

Doctors in the UK are increasingly concerned that a global shortage of ADHD drugs is leading to children going without medication and missing school, and adults self-medicating with alcohol instead.

Shortages of ADHD drugs occurred for several reasons: supply constraints, manufacturing problems and markedly accelerated demand during the pandemic. File Photo by Sponge/Wikimedia Commons NEW YORK, ...

“I’ve got X amount of (chemicals) to make Adderall with and lo and behold, by October I’m nearly out because more people are using the drugs than we anticipated,” Burke explained. Another complicating ...