Over a span of five years and six months beginning in 2021, the patient received a total of 33,976 pills. A clinic in Seoul’s Gangnam District dispensed 841,582 pills through 8,790 prescriptions from January 2020 to June this year. “The misconception that ADHD medication can help students perform better academically is fueling the risk of abuse among teenagers,” Baek said. Between January and May, 65,562 male teenagers received prescriptions for Medikinet Retard capsules, a common ADHD treatment, along with 25,719 female teenagers. Seoul accounted for the highest number of ADHD patients nationwide during the same period, with 61,129 cases.