Alexander Häge, Kenneth K C Man, Sarah K Inglis, Jan Buitelaar, Sara Carucci, Marina Danckaerts, Ralf W Dittmann, Bruno Falissard, Peter Garas, Chris Hollis, Kerstin Konrad, Hanna Kovshoff, Elizabeth Liddle, Suzanne McCarthy, Antje Neubert, Peter Nagy, Eric Rosenthal, Edmund J S Sonuga-Barke, Alessandro Zuddas, Ian C K Wong, David Coghill, Tobias Banaschewski
OBJECTIVE: Short-term RCTs have demonstrated that MPH-treatment significantly reduces ADHD-symptoms, but is also associated with adverse events, including sleep problems. However, data on long-term effects of MPH on sleep remain limited. METHODS: We performed a 2-year naturalistic prospective pharmacovigilance multicentre study. Participants were recruited into three groups: ADHD patients intending to start MPH-treatment (MPH-group), those not intending to use ADHD-medication (no-MPH-group), and a non-ADHD control-group...
February 22, 2024: Journal of Attention Disorders