Kaiser Health News (1/3, Peace , Prator) reports that media coverage of a national Adderall shortage “has focused primarily on the harms to people with ADHD,” however “for those with sleep disorders … the effects may be even more consequential.” That’s because “basic tasks – like driving – become dangerous or impossible without medication,” while “job and school performances are threatened by the onset of sudden sleep and sometimes even paralysis.”
Related Links:
— “Patients with narcolepsy face a dual nightmare of medication shortages and stigma,” Lauren Peace and Jack Prator, Kaiser Health News, January 3, 2024