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[quote=Anonymous]My bias - and it applies to medications generally - is that they are over-prescribed.

Of course, there are situations where medications are needed and are life-saving but I think there is an unholy alliance of sorts between the pharmaceutical industry and providers of care where drugs are prescribed way too much. They are often used as the first line of defense.

To give you an example, there was a time - not so long ago - when a fasting blood sugar of over 110 was considered pre-diabetic. They lowered that level to 100 in the past decade or so. With that comes the pressure to take medications - like Metformin - to address being pre-diabetic. At one time it was only prescribed to those who were diagnosed as diabetic.

The same holds true with the use of statins where the threshold for its use has been repeatedly lowered.

In both instances there is a definite and vital role for these medications but the lowering of thresholds results in more people being prescribed the medications.

This does not address OP's question re the use of meds for ADHD directly but tangentially I am always wary of the tendency of physicians to fall back on meds to deal with medical issues.

BTW, I have several physicians in my family and they agree that we tend to be over medicated especially when it comes to antibiotics.[/quote]

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