The Business of ADHD Medication
Here is an article about drug maker Shire. Shire is the company which makes Adderall XR and now Vyvanse.
This article points out that Shires approach of creating medication to help with specialists is an approach which seems to be working. It also points out the reality that Shire is aiming to get doctors to write more prescriptions for Vyvanse - because Adderall XR is going ‘generic’ in the near future. (when Adderall XR goes generic, Shire will lose the income that they currently make from it).
Although the medication treatment of ADHD can be controversial - medication treatment can also change people’s lives - i.e. dramatically improve it. This article gives a view into the strategy that a pharmaceutical company is using to protect its income - i.e. trying to switch the market toward vyvanse rather than Adderall XR.
Do you think that this will have an impact on the treatments your doctor offers you?
Enter your thoughts or comments below.
Dr. Kenny
p.s. This is an issue which is going on in the US right now. In Canada, Vyvanse has not even come to market yet - and likely won’t for another 6-18 months…
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Written by Dr. Kenny Handelman - The ADHD Doctor
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April 2nd, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Doctors are more concerned with helping their patients, drug companies are more concered about making money - pure and simple.
April 15th, 2008 at 4:11 pm
Why are doctor’s only focussing on medications for the treatment of ADHD, and not natural supplements? THAT’S what I want to focus on, and learn more about!!!
What about focusing on Naturopathic doctors, and their approaches?
June 5th, 2008 at 2:45 am
if that’s what you want to focus on- then go to a doctor that also focuses on that.
don’t worry about doctors who do something else. just learn about what you want to learn about and leave them to their own stuff.
you have to take your health education into your own hands.
June 13th, 2008 at 1:46 am
I think Mark is more-or-less right. Unfortunately, in the United States, we have entrusted the FDA to regulate this natural conflict-of-interests.