Dr John Kruse
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Weekly Q&A - Can Antipsychotic Medications Improve ADHD?
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August 21, 2024
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- Can Antipsychotic Medications Improve ADHD?
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- Can Antipsychotic Medications Improve ADHD?:
If ADHD was really all about dopamine deficits, and antipsychotics were just dopamine blockers, then the two would make an awful combination. But newer antipsychotics have multiple actions on multiple dopamine receptors, as well as on other neurotransmitters, and different effects on ongoing versus episodic dopamine release.
Although not first-choice options, two atypical antipsychotics, Abilify (aripiprazole) and Risperdal (risperidone) are being used extensively, in many countries, to treat ADHD. Numerous case control and open trial studies indicate that these medications can be safe and effective. But we lack sizable, randomized-controlled studies that show they really work.
Both medications can cause serious side effects, with most meta-analyses suggesting that aripiprazole is substantially less likely to cause problems.
In my clinical practice I have seen several adults with ADHD (and depression) with positive responses to aripiprazole.
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