New research led by Mina Tadrous, Assistant Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto shows that use of prescription stimulant medications in older adults increased the risk of a cardiovascular events by 40 per cent within the first thirty days of medication use.
The study was published today in JAMA Network Open and is one of the first studies to explore the connection between cardiovascular (CV) events among older patients despite their increased baseline risk and the increasing use of stimulants to treat multiple conditions in this group including depression, poststroke recovery, motor function, and fatigue.
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