Stimulant, antidepressant, and opioid telehealth prescription trends between 2019 and 2022

JAMA Network Open

2024-09-13

(Press-News.org) About The Study: From 2019 to 2022, overall prescription volumes for stimulant and antidepressant medications increased, while prescription volume for opioids decreased. Concurrently, the proportion of telehealth prescriptions climbed across medications, increasing by a factor of 188 in opioids and more than 20 for antidepressants. These findings align with existing research highlighting the shift toward telehealth and the rise in stimulant and opioid telehealth prescribing during the pandemic. While in-person prescribing remains the most common, increasing telehealth utilization across medications suggests a growing acceptance, need, or preference for remote services.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Ashwini Nagappan, MBE, email ashwininagappan@ucla.edu.

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