ADHD Prescriptions Increase Over 300% Among Young Women

The percentage of women who filled prescriptions for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) increased by 344% from 2003 to 2015. In 2015, 4.0% of women ages 15-to-44 with private insurance filled at least one prescription for ADHD medication, compared to 0.9% of women in 2003. The average number of prescriptions filled each year also rose from an average of 5.5 prescriptions, to 7.2 prescriptions during that time period. In 2015, the southern area of the United States had the highest percentage of women filling prescriptions for ADHD medications (4.8%), followed by north central . . .