Becker's Healthcare September 19, 2023
Ashleigh Hollowell

ADHD-related medication errors rose 299 percent between 2000 and 2021, according to new research published in Pediatrics on Sept. 18.

Experts from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus examined 87,691 medication error cases involving attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder medications within the time period.

Among the most common errors identified in the study, researchers also found that:

  • 54 percent had inadvertently taken or been given medication twice
  • 13 percent had inadvertently taken or been...

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