Methylphenidate denied access to the WHO List of Essential Medicines for the second time

Johanne Pereira Ribeiro¹, Charlotte Lunde², Christian Gluud^{3

4}, Erik Simonsen^{1

5}, Ole Jakob Storebø^{6

7

8}

Affiliations

¹ Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Slagelse, Denmark.
² Centre for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
³ The Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, The Capital Region, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Regional Health Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁵ Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁶ Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Slagelse, Denmark ojst@regionsjaelland.dk.
⁷ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁸ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Roskilde, Denmark.

Johanne Pereira Ribeiro et al. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2023 Apr.

. 2023 Apr;28(2):75-77.

doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2021-111862. Epub 2022 Feb 19.

Johanne Pereira Ribeiro¹, Charlotte Lunde², Christian Gluud^{3

4}, Erik Simonsen^{1

5}, Ole Jakob Storebø^{6

7

8}

¹ Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Slagelse, Denmark.
² Centre for Medical Ethics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
³ The Copenhagen Trial Unit, Centre for Clinical Intervention Research, The Capital Region, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Department of Regional Health Research, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁵ Department of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁶ Psychiatric Research Unit, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Slagelse, Denmark ojst@regionsjaelland.dk.
⁷ Department of Psychology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark.
⁸ Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychiatry Region Zealand, Roskilde, Denmark.

No abstract available

Keywords: evidence-based practice; mental disorders; pharmacy; psychiatry; public health.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: OJS, ES and CG: coauthors of Storebø et al. 2015 and 2018, which are mentioned in the application and in the review process.