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Combining guanfacine and stimulants for ADHD

Fact no. 1: Even though stimulant medications are very effective for ADHD in children and adolescents, only about half the patients get full improvement in the ADHD symptoms.  (McCracken et al., 2016). Even with energetic and careful optimization of the dose of the stimulant in the MTA study, only 56% of children with ADHD reached symptom remission….

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