Recent data highlights a significant Adderall shortage in the United States, with the average monthly prescription fill rate dropping by 11% in the first half of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, according to Truveta Data cited by CNN. This comes at a time when approximately 41 million Americans, or about 12.5% of the population as of 2021, are on prescription Adderall or its generics. The shortage has led to more Americans forgoing ADHD drugs, amidst concerns over the influence of Big Pharma, which is noted for being a trillion-dollar industry heavily involved in lobbying and has made record $12bn in pharma payments to US doctors over the past decade. The American Academy of Pediatrics has also included anti-obesity drugs in its guidelines for the first time in 2023, reflecting a cultural shift towards medical solutions for health issues. This situation raises questions about the dependency on pharmaceutical solutions in the U.S. and the ethical implications of such a high prescription rate amidst ongoing shortages.
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This is startling stat Some folks truly need these meds, but they are the vast vast minority. We are hooking our kids on sugar and trash food, screens and blue light, amphetamines, GLP1s… Creating a generation of recurring revenue customers for Big Pharma https://t.co/jMuTSRao9f
How can anyone not be bullish on the Adderall news 4% of the US population takes it? K, when we last landed on the moon 6% of the country was on speed. Kennedy was mainlining meth! 4 is nothing, we need to accelerate this stimmie train https://t.co/6Vh84olFP0
Big Pharma is a trillion dollar industry, and no industry spends more on lobbying. More than two-thirds of Congress gets donations from them. 2023 is the first year American Academy of Pediatrics included anti-obesity drugs in its guidelines. Our culture loves a shortcut. Why… https://t.co/HhPRo6OVp4
More Americans forgoing ADHD drugs as shortages drag on https://t.co/Cl6VGA7pxu @TreedinDC
I’m looking up this number and it appears to be accurate (between Adderall and generics/other versions.) That’s mind-blowing to me. As of 2021 a full 12.5% of Americans had an Adderall prescription. https://t.co/kfWBIJeH9e
kinda nuts that 41 million Americans are on prescription Adderall. am I the only one of you raw dogging cognition?
Truveta Data on the ongoing #AdderallShortage was cited in @CNN today: "Overall, the average monthly prescription fill rate was 11% lower in the first half of 2023 than it was in the first half of 2022." Read more from CNN health data editor @Deedrah: https://t.co/ljOClOmkIO