Healio (10/22, Gramigna) reports, “Patients with autism spectrum disorder [ASD] and co-occurring ADHD can safely and effectively take medication for” attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD), research indicated. Investigators arrived at this conclusion after selecting “60 adults with” AD/HD “and comorbid ASD from an outpatient clinic and compared treatment outcomes of similar regimens with 226 adults from the same clinic with only” AD/HD. The findings were published online Oct. 18 in the Journal of Attention Disorders.
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— “Patients with comorbid autism and ADHD can safely take ADHD medication, “Joe Gramigna, Healio, October 22, 2019