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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker and Suha Kidwai

Use of ADHD medication has tripled over the last decade

The use of prescription medications for Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) has tripled in the last decade - with women seeing the most "dramatic" increase, according to a major new study.

Around 3 million people in the UK have ADHD, a condition which impacts how people focus their attention. But in recent years the number of diagnoses have soared and so has the rate of prescriptions.

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