US kids getting more ADHD drugs, fewer antibiotics

NEW YORK, June 19: The number of drugs dispensed to US minors has dropped slightly over the past decade, bucking the rise in prescriptions to adults, according to a government report out Monday. Antibiotics use fell by 14 percent, suggesting efforts to curb rampant overuse of the drugs �may be working,� researchers from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) write in the journal Pediatrics.