Otsuka Pharmaceutical announced that the FDA is reviewing investigational centanafadine -- a potential first-in-class ...

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has accepted for priority review Otsuka Pharmaceutical’s new drug application (NDA) ...

Long-term methylphenidate use in childhood links to higher adult BMI and slightly shorter height, underscoring the need for ...

For years, people thought that attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was a problem that only kids had. It was ...

Attention can feel like a fragile thing, especially when your brain struggles to sort signal from noise. Every second, your ...

The stimulants Ritalin and Adderall have been used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) for decades, but research shows they don’t act on the ...

Scientists are updating their view of how drugs like Adderall and Ritalin help children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder stay on task. The latest evidence is a study of thousands of brain ...

Taking an ADHD medication produces brain patterns nearly identical to those of getting a good night’s rest, according to the largest brain imaging study of stimulant drugs ever conducted. The finding ...

WashU Medicine pediatric neurologist Benjamin Kay, MD, PhD, treats children with ADHD. A new study by Kay and colleagues found that stimulant medications commonly prescribed for the condition might ...

Finding the right ADHD prescription can feel overwhelming at first. With dozens of stimulant and nonstimulant ADHD medications available, many people search for clarity on how these medications work, ...