With an increasing number of adults being nearly diagnosed with ADHD, the expense of ADHD medications for insurance companies has escalated. While the annual prescription increase for childhood ADHD is less than 3%, the ADHD prescription market is growing at approximately 10% per year. As a result of this change, ... Read More
Category: Patient Education
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Jul2014
If you're reading this blog, you are one of the millions of people who now use the Internet to gain information on medical issues. In a recent survey of consumers, this is where people are looking for medical information.
Most accessed online resources:
53% web M.D.
22% Wikipedia
19% health magazines and websites
16% advocacy ... Read More
July 16, 2014David W. Goodman, MD
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Jul2014
Step therapy is the requirement that a patient first try less costly medication before being prescribed medication a doctor thinks is best for the individual patient and specific symptoms/history. In the recent past, insurance companies had requested that adults with ADHD first be treated with a short-acting stimulant despite the ... Read More
July 16, 2014David W. Goodman, MD
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Mar2014
Since many of my patients are on this antidepressant, I am posting the FDA warning issued this morning. Below is a copy of the text. Please see the link at the bottom of this blog for additional information.
Effexor XR 150 Mg Extended-Release Capsules (Pfizer) and Venlafaxine HCl 150 Mg Extended-Release ... Read More
March 7, 2014David W. Goodman, MD
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Feb2014
On February 5, 2014 Wednesday at 3:00pm, I will be providing a webinar on “The Representation of ADHD in the Media”. The webinar is sponsored by the National Resource Center for ADHD, supported by a grant for the Centers of Disease Control. The topic was chosen after a number of ... Read More
February 1, 2014David W. Goodman, MD
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Jan2014
My discussion with Dale Archer, M.D. (psychiatrist, best-selling author) on WYPR September 27, 2014 about ADHD, over- diagnosis, and over-prescribed medications was lively. While Dr. Archer advocates “medication as a last resort” and “the goal of treatment is to get off medication” after learning new skills, I offered the research ... Read More
January 28, 2014David W. Goodman, MD
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Jan2014
I have been invited as an expert on ADHD to participate in an interview on the Mid-day with Dan Rodricks show on WYPR on January 27 1-2pm. This is a live panel discussion that will include Dale Archer M.D., a psychiatrist and writer, to discuss the use of medication and ... Read More
January 16, 2014David W. Goodman, MD
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Dec2013
The Washington Post took the initiative to write an article in today’s (December 17) paper on ADHD in adults ages sixty and older. This article is also accompanied by a sidebar article discussing adult ADHD Older adults with ADHD are a group that has not been specifically researched and about whom very little is written. The Washington Post article ... Read More
December 17, 2013David W. Goodman, MD
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Dec2013
Today the New York Times published an article “The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder” by Alan Schwarz. This is a lengthy article highlighting the increased identification of people with ADHD and the concomitant increase in the prescriptions of effective medications. The article is a feature story on the New York Times ... Read More
December 15, 2013David W. Goodman, MD
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Dec2013
“The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder” The New York Times December 15, 2013
The New York Times article “The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder” published December 15, 2013 had quoted me towards the end of article. As I had previously written in my blog posting, the quote was taken out of ... Read More
December 15, 2013Jourdan Hathaway