Yourwellness Magazine Explores Adult Consequences of ADHD
London, UK (PRWEB UK) 30 July 2013 -- The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has granted authorisation to expand the indication of Strattera (atomoxetine) to initiate treatment of adults in the UK with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) who were not prescribed medicine as a child, it was reported June 4th. Lilly will use this approval as a basis to gain EU-wide approval trough the European Medicines Agency (EMA) as part of the region's mutual recognition process. This was reported by PMLive in an article titled "Lilly’s Strattera wins new adult ADHD licence in UK". (http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/lillys_strattera_wins_new_adult_adhd_licence_in_uk_480940).
This is the first time that a drug has gained ADHD approval in the EU for a specific adult use, but is vital for adults who either weren’t diagnosed during their childhood, or were misdiagnosed for other common mental health disorders. Professor Philip Asherson, Professor of Clinical and Molecular Psychiatry at King's College London and president of the UK Adult ADHD Network (UKAAN), commented, “This can occur because the signs and symptoms of ADHD can overlap with those of other common mental health disorders, and because primary and secondary care mental health services may lack the training and experience required to accurately identify the disorder.” This was reported by PMLive on July 4th in an article titled, "Lilly’s Strattera wins new adult ADHD licence in UK". (http://www.pmlive.com/pharma_news/lillys_strattera_wins_new_adult_adhd_licence_in_uk_480940)
With this in mind, Yourwellness Magazine explored how ADHD impacts teenage and adult life. According to Yourwellness Magazine, “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is well known, especially to parents…By the time [children with ADHD] reach their teenage years they’re either under the right medication to control their condition or they’re veering towards trouble on a whole new level, quite often they’re headed towards criminal activity.”
Yourwellness Magazine explained that ADHD comes with two symptoms – hyperactivity and impulsiveness – which, when put together, can cause behavioural problems. Sufferers can act without thinking, often irrationally and not to their best interests which, when coupled with the confusing and hormone-driven time of adolescence, can become much more dangerous. Yourwellness Magazine commented that adults are responsible for their own actions and the defence of having ADHD and struggling with the condition isn’t a viable defence any more; the problem needs to be tackled as early on as possible.
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Michael Kitt, Yourwellness Publishing Ltd, http://www.yourwellness.com, 0208 588 9553, [email protected]
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