Nearly a month into a national shortage of medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, some Utahns are feeling the impact.
TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — Nearly a month into a national shortage of medication for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder , some Utahns are feeling the impact.
In October when her mother Rebekah went to refill her prescription of Adderall, a medication that helps her focus, she was told they were completely out of the drug for at least two months.“As I called more pharmacies, I realized that we weren’t getting this medication," she said."It was a horrible feeling.”
“I had three call me in one day saying ‘I can’t find it; I can’t get it. My pharmacy doesn’t have it," Brownstein said.“Those diagnosed with ADHD, I’ve seen it be really life-changing," said Brownstein."The thought process is that things are getting lost as they travel through the brain. Instead of getting connected and moving well, they actually sort of drift off. And so if you use the Ritalin, you speed up that process and so you help stuff get through.
"I wasn’t sure if the drugs were going to help, but when I first took Adderall, it was like the tiniest difference," Clara described,"Like the difference between just going through a regular school day and having a handrail to guide you."“Right now we’re faced with a really difficult decision of do we take her to the doctor and try a different medication?" said Rebekah."And that’s really scary to me because this is a medication that affects your brain.
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