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| November 01, 2005 | Finn, Robert | COPYRIGHT 2009 International Medical News Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

The number of young adults, aged 20-44 years, receiving prescriptions for adult attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder has more than doubled in just 4 years, according to an analysis by Medco Health Solutions Inc.

And the increase in prescriptions for adult ADHD is likely to continue, predicted Lon Castle, M.D., director of medical policy and programs for Medco.

The analysis, based on a random sample of 2.4 million patients from the company's 60 million member database, showed that just over 1% of all adults were on ADHD medications in 2004, compared with 0.5% in 2000.

Medco is in the business of managing prescription drug benefit programs for…

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