Newly released data from the U.S. government suggests that a much larger number of women are using attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) medication, with the biggest increase observed in young women in their mid- to late 20s.
All in all, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report published Friday showed that 344 percent more women aged 15 to 44 with private health insurance filled out prescriptions for Adderall, Ritalin, and other ADHD drugs between the years 2003 and 2015. According to ABC News, the biggest increase was observed in women aged 25- to 29-years-old, who filled 700 percent more prescriptions, followed by those between the ages of 30 and 34, where a 560 percent increase was reported.
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