Background: The Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused overwhelming challenges to healthcare systems worldwide. Healthcare workers (HCWs) have faced particular challenges: being exposed to the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 and caring for patients having a new and potentially life-threatening disease. The aim of this study was to explore how HCWs in the Swedish healthcare system perceived their work situation during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAdderall XR (SLI381) is the latest addition to the group of psychostimulant formulations, which provides the mixed amphetamine salts contained in Adderall as a single-daily dose formulation. Adderall XR is indicated for the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children and adolescents, with recent US Food and Drug Administration approval for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults. Novel and important aspects of Adderall XR is its 12 h duration of action, relative superior efficacy to nonstimulant atomoxetine in a comparator trial, and significant quality of life impact in children, confirmed by the largest effectiveness trial yet to be performed for any attention deficit hyperactivity disorder therapy.
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