Optimize, Augment, or Switch: Best Practices for Prescribing ADHD Medication

 ADHD in the News 2025-01-23


Key Takeaways: Timely adjustments in ADHD and psychiatric treatments are crucial when patients show inadequate response to current medications. Providers should consider optimizing dosage, augmenting treatment, or switching medications to avoid ineffective polypharmacy. Hesitancy to change treatments despite suboptimal outcomes is a significant issue in psychiatry, requiring decisive action from providers. Michael Asbach's insights are informed by his role as associate director of interventional psychiatry at DENT Neurologic Institute.