CDC warns access to ADHD meds may be disrupted [Video]

People taking medications for ADHD, or attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, may face disruptions in accessing treatment after the arrests of two executives of a telehealth company that distributed such drugs to adults across the United States.On Thursday, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an official health advisory warning about a “potential disrupted access to care among individuals taking prescription stimulant medications and possible increased risks for injury and overdose.”Around the same time, the U.S. Department of Justice announced a federal health-care fraud indictment against two executives from the digital health company Done Global, whose website describes it as “making high quality psychiatric chronic care management more accessible and affordable for patients.”The indictment’s effect on patients “is unknown at the time,” according to the CDC’s advisory.”Patients who rely on prescription stimulant medications to treat their ADHD and have been using this or other similar subscription-based telehealth platforms could experience …