By Sarah Rubenstein
WSJ
Pharmacy-benefits manager Medco came out today with its annual report on drug spending by its clients. One item that caught our attention: Kids aged 19 and below were the ones who had the greatest increase in spending, at about 4.5%. In contrast, spending actually fell among seniors 65 and older, by just over 1%. Medco’s chief medical officer, Rob Epstein, pointed to increased use of drugs for diabetes and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder among youngsters as drivers of the increase among that group. Medco noticed the trend with diabetes drugs a while back, as did rival Express Scripts. The trend is often linked to obesity among kids. ADHD drugs, meantime, have been a mainstay for a while.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
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