Science News: Stimulant Prescribing Patterns Are Not Impacted by Scientific Evidence

04/20/21 • 10 min

This week, Peter Simons covers a study that found prescribing rates for ADHD drugs did not increase after positive evidence from the MTA study was published, nor decrease when negative evidence from the same study's long-term arm was published. He also covers a study that found physician disclosure of financial conflicts of interest has not changed behavior to reduce industry bias.

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