Child medical prescriptions for the most common form of diabetes doubled between 2002-2005, part of a general trend of increased medication for chronic illnesses among young people,
A new study has given hard facts to prove increased child medical prescriptions for chronic illnesses, especially diabetes, between 2002-2005. In fact, diabetes rates have doubled in recent years.
The research, published in the US journal Pediatrics, found that medication for type 2 diabetes for five to 19 year-olds increased by 103 percent over the period, with the increase most marked among girls (up 147 percent) compared with boys (up 38.7 percent).
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"Prevalence of chronic medication use in children increased across all therapy classes evaluated," concluded the study, undertaken by medical insurance group Express Scripts and St. Louis University.
"Additional study is needed into the factors influencing these trends, including growth in chronic disease risk factors, greater awareness and greater affinity towards early use of drug therapy in children," it said.
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A total 15.65 per thousand were taking anti-depressants, a rate that increased 1.8 percent over the period, with a 7.2-percent increase among girls and a 3.8-percent decline among boys.
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