Health Affairs December 13, 2022
As addiction medicine providers, we consider the recent announcement of a shortage of Adderall by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as cause for emergency. Adderall is traditionally not thought of as a life-saving medication but instead is usually considered only a drug designed to improve quality of life and decrease morbidity related to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Yet, for those dependent upon its use (either for prescribed or recreational use), the absence of the medication may be life threatening—particularly in the era of a fentanyl-contaminated non-prescribed drug supply.
Over the past few decades, stimulant use has skyrocketed in the United States, raising alarms of another epidemic on the horizon. Amphetamine and methamphetamine use have found footholds in many...
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