Adderall Shortage May 2024. Rising demand has collided with restricted supply — with consequences for millions of patients. Recent litigation against illegitimate telehealth companies will make the situation.

Prescriptions rocketing to 41.4 million in 2021 — a 10.4% increase from 2020, according to iqvia, a life sciences industry. Nearly 18 months after the us food and drug administration (fda) first acknowledged a national shortage of adderall, the most common drug used to treat attention.