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Family Ties: Major Research Findings Show Strong Familial Link to Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
* Parents of children with ADHD Nearly 10 times more likely to take an ADHD drug * Parents often diagnosed first; moms more likely than dads to start ADHD therapy * Twins far more likely to both be on ADHD drug than non-twin siblings
FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Sept. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Family ties hold strong between parent and child - and groundbreaking research finds this is especially true when it comes to use of medications to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
According to new research released by Medco Health Solutions, Inc. , parents of children on an ADHD medication are nearly 10 times more likely to take an ADHD drug themselves than those without a child using those drugs. The study also found a striking correlation between mother and child: in households where both a parent and child began treatment for the first time in 2005, nearly 60 percent of those parents were moms.
The analysis - which reviewed prescription claims of more than 107,000 children ages 5-19 and their parents over a 12-month period in 2005 - is…
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