Telemedicine has been a wonderful format to offer proper medical care and has become indispensable to our healthcare system since the COVID-19 pandemic. More recently there have been outfits that are nationally advertised and have offered to evaluate and treat adult adults with ADHD diagnosis from online only services. There’s been a recent concern about over prescribing stimulants and controlled substances after an inadequate form of an assessment. Although I do believe telehealth is making proper care possible for many patients, I share the concern that these online quick fixers are cheapening and potentially causing danger for patients by offering at one size fits all access to stimulant and controlled substance therapies.
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