Question 15441 — children

Summary

Mrs. Stéphanie Kerbarh draws the attention of the Minister of Solidarity and Health to the increase in prescriptions of psychostimulants to children. According to the primary health insurance fund (source AMELI), the number of boxes of psychostimulants reimbursed by social security increased from 503,956 in 2012 to 813,413 in 2017, an increase of more than 61% in just 5 years. According to the independent medical journal Prescrire, This increase is worrying given the very limited effectiveness of this drug and its established risks. She specifies that “according to a synthesis which brought together data from dozens of clinical trials [...], after a few weeks of treatment, the effectiveness seems modest on symptoms, quality of life and school behavior”. Furthermore, according to the results of a recent study carried out by a team from the University of Copenhagen published in the Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology, methylphenidate can cause hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms. Therefore, she asks him what measures the Government intends to take to reduce the consumption of psychostimulants among children.

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