Publication Review: ADHD Medication Cardiovascular Side Effects

Many providers such as myself have found medications to be greatly beneficial for patients with ADHD. However, ADHD medications are not without potential side effects. In a 2024 paper published by Le Zhang et al., in JAMA Psychiatry, the authors analyzed patients with ADHD and found that long term exposure to ADHD medications was associated with an increased risk of developing cardiovascular disease compared to nonuse.