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Pharmacy Times
Medco Health Solutions 2004 DrugTrend Report has revealed eye-openingdata about medication spending totreat behavioral disorders in pediatricpatients. Specifically, spending ondrugs primarily used to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder skyrocketedby 369% for children under age 5.The number of children taking 1 ormore prescription medications to treatbehavior-related conditions hit almost9% for those children taking at least 1medication overall. Other significantfindings of the analysis are as follows: