The most commonly used medications are the stimulants, like Ritalin or Adderall, or their long-acting equivalents, like Concerta, Ritalin LA, or Adderall XR.
On Feb. 10, a panel of drug safety experts unexpectedly recommended that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration put a visible, boxed warning on stimulant medicines like Adderall, Ritalin and Concerta, which are used to treat the disorder in both children and adults.