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I know that there have been such debates, if not in the most recent past. If my hon. Friend and other Members feel strongly about these issues, they might together choose to ask the Backbench Business Committee to find time to explore them—if not in the Chamber, then in Westminster...
I know that there have been such debates, if not in the most recent past. If my hon. Friend and other Members feel strongly about these issues, they might together choose to ask the Backbench Business Committee to find time to explore them—if not in the Chamber, then in Westminster...
Between 1997 and 2011, the number of prescriptions for methylphenidate hydrochloride—also known as Ritalin—rose from 92,079 to 929,839, which is a 1,000% increase. As the drug is commonly used to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, may we have an urgent debate about the effects on society of drugging...
Between 1997 and 2011, the number of prescriptions for methylphenidate hydrochloride—also known as Ritalin—rose from 92,079 to 929,839, which is a 1,000% increase. As the drug is commonly used to treat children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, may we have an urgent debate about the effects on society of drugging...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department has received on the prescription of methylphenidate hydrochloride for children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department has received on the prescription of methylphenidate hydrochloride for children.
Six items of correspondence have been received in this parliamentary session about the prescription of methylphenidate hydrochloride (Ritalin) in children.
There has been one parliamentary question on the prescription of methylphenidate hydrochloride in children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children in each primary care trust area in the West Midlands were prescribed methylphenidate hydrochloride in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children in each primary care trust area in the West Midlands were prescribed methylphenidate hydrochloride in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
The information requested is not centrally held. Information is not collected centrally on the number of people prescribed medicines, or the number of prescription items dispensed for a specific medicine to patients by age group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions were issued for methylphenidate in (a) England and (b) the UK in each year since 1995.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions were issued for methylphenidate in (a) England and (b) the UK in each year since 1995.
Information on the number of prescriptions issued is not available, only on the number of prescription items written and dispensed. Dispensing information is held for England only. The following table provides the number of methylphenidate hydrochloride prescription items written in the United Kingdom and dispensed in the community in England, for each complete calendar year since 1995.
| Number
of methylphenidate hydrochloride prescription items written in the UK
and dispensed in the community in England,
1995-2012 | |
| All
methylphenidate hydrochloride listed in British National Formulary 4.4
“CNS stimulants and drugs used for attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder”
(thousand)1,
2 | |
| 1995 | 14.7 |
| 1996 | 47.9 |
| 1997 | 92.1 |
| 1998 | 126.6 |
| 1999 | 158.0 |
| 2000 | 186.2 |
| 2001 | 208.5 |
| 2002 | 254.0 |
| 2003 | 314.5 |
| 2004 | 359.1 |
| 2005 | 389.2 |
| 2006 | 456.9 |
| 2007 | 535.3 |
| 2008 | 573.4 |
| 2009 | 610.2 |
| 2010 | 661.5 |
| 2011 | 714.8 |
| 2012 | 786.4 |
| 1
Methylphenidate is prescribed as methylphenidate
hydrochloride. 2 Not all items dispensed will have been for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Some will have been for unlicensed indications; however, it is not possible to proportion this. Source: Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) system, The Health and Social Care Information Centre, Prescribing and Primary Care Services. All rights reserved. |