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ArticleEClinicalMedicine2023

Type of medication therapy for ADHD and stimulant misuse during adolescence: a cross-sectional multi-cohort national study.

Ty S Schepis, Kennedy S Werner, Olivia Figueroa, Vita V McCabe, John E Schulenberg, Phil T Veliz, Timothy E Wilens, Sean Esteban McCabe

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Article in EClinicalMedicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.

Ty S SchepisDepartment of Psychology, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA.
Kennedy S WernerDepartment of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH Center), School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Olivia FigueroaDepartment of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH Center), School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Vita V McCabeDepartment of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH Center), School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
John E SchulenbergDepartment of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH Center), School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Phil T VelizDepartment of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH Center), School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Timothy E WilensDepartment of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH Center), School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Sean Esteban McCabeDepartment of Health Behavior and Biological Sciences, Center for the Study of Drugs, Alcohol, Smoking and Health (DASH Center), School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
University of Michigan · USInstitute for Women's Policy Research · USHarvard University · USTexas State University · USWayne State University · US

Funding

Monitoring the Future: Drug Use & Lifestyles of American Youth (Supp1: Nicotine Pouch and E-cigarette Use Among US Adolescents: National Estimates of Brand Use and Flavor Preferences)R01DA001411 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Richard A Miech · 1985 to 2026
$144.9M
Trajectories of Prescription Nonmedical Drug MisuseR01DA031160 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI SEAN ESTEBAN MCCABE · 2011 to 2026
$3.7M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA001411NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA031160
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is associated with higher substance use rates. Stimulant and non-stimulant pharmacotherapy improve adolescent ADHD, but their associations with prescription stimulant misuse (PSM), cocaine, and methamphetamine use are unclear. Using 2005-2020 US Monitoring the Future data, we investigated relationships between ADHD pharmacotherapy history and PSM, cocaine, or methamphetamine use. Methods: Secondary students (13-19 years) provided data on pharmacotherapy history (N = 199,560; 86.3% of total sample) between January 1, 2005 and May 31, 2020 in a cross-sectional multi-cohort study; weights assured a nationally representative sample. Participants were grouped by ADHD pharmacotherapy history: none (88.7%; principally non-ADHD controls); stimulant-only (5.8%); non-stimulant-only (3.3%); both stimulant and non-stimulant (2.1%). Outcomes were past-year PSM, cocaine, and methamphetamine use. Logistic regressions examined relationships between pharmacotherapy history and outcomes, controlling for sociodemographics, recent substance use, and stimulant treatment cessation. Findings: Past-year outcome rates were lowest in adolescents with no pharmacotherapy history: 4.7% for PSM [8310/174,561], 1.6% for cocaine [2858/174,688], and 0.7% for methamphetamine [1036/148,378]. A history of both stimulant and non-stimulant treatment was associated with the highest rates: 22.3% for PSM [940/4098], 10.4% for cocaine [450/4110], and 7.8% for methamphetamine [275/3427]. Adolescents who received monotherapy (stimulant- or non-stimulant-only) had intermediate rates, with no differences between monotherapy groups. Interpretation: While elevated PSM and illicit stimulant use rates are likely influenced by ADHD, our findings suggested adolescents with a history of both stimulant and non-stimulant pharmacotherapy are at highest risk for these stimulant outcomes. Adolescents receiving ADHD pharmacotherapy should be monitored for PSM and illicit stimulant use. Funding: National Institute on Drug Abuse/National Institutes of Health (USA) and Food and Drug Administration (USA).

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Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorderNon-stimulant therapyOnsetPrescriptionStimulant

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PMID36969344
PMCPMC10036501
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