Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD Key Takeaways Concerta and Vyvanse are both long-acting stimulant medications taken to treat ADHD, but they differ in their formulations and additional uses.

A large, new study found that the stimulant methylphenidate, such as the drugs Ritalin and Concerta, may lower the risk of psychosis when prescribed to younger ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Supply from drugmakers for the stimulant medications most commonly prescribed for ADHD are still falling short of demand, the Food ...

The stimulant shortage is continuing for the foreseeable future. Many people who are on ADHD stimulant medications are still having a hard time finding them. Whether you can find a medication is ...

A study of close to 150,000 people who were diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder showed that stimulant medicines like methylphenidate, which are most commonly prescribed for ADHD ...

In response to the ongoing shortage of ADHD medications, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved several generic versions of Vyvanse ...

Background The stimulant methylphenidate (MPH) has been a mainstay of treatment for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for many years. Owing to the short ...

Are ADHD medications overprescribed in kids? Are too many kids taking ADHD medication? Understood examines the question of whether stimulant medications for ADHD are overprescribed, which has been ...

On the face of it, ADHD medications look complicated – there are a lot of them. Not only patients, but many providers have a hard time making sense of them, especially as there are new ones on the ...

A recent study that included 148,000 people diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) found that taking prescribed ADHD medications was linked to lower rates of premature deaths ...