AD/HD, ADD medication shortages have parents scrambling.
On its website, MSNBC (4/14, Aleccia) reported, "Nationwide shortages of popular drugs used to treat ADD and AD/HD are sending parents scrambling." In the past "two weeks, federal Food and Drug Administration officials added the drugs methylphenidate hydrochloride and amphetamine mixed salts, the generic names for Ritalin and Adderall, to an expanding list of national drug shortages." However, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, which "tracks drug supply issues, has listed the products in short supply for nearly a month, and there have been regional reports of spotty shortages even before that." The New York Times (4/14, Belkin) "Motherlode" blog also covered the story.
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