| Dexedrine is not prescribed very often for the | | | | ADDerall |
| treatment of ADHD out here in California, but those | | | | |
| patients that we've seen on it have done well. Typically | | | | Adderall is no longer a "new" drug in the treatment of |
| it is prescribed to patients who have not responded to | | | | Attention Deficit Disorder. The patients that we know |
| Ritalin very well. It has the advantage of having a very | | | | who have tried it really have come to like it. |
| nice long-lasting product (one dose per day). Usually it | | | | |
| will not be prescribed to teenagers, or to individuals | | | | It is a "cocktail" drug, or a mixture of four drugs, all from |
| with a history of substance abuse. It can have retail | | | | the amphetamine family. As a result it has a broad |
| value in the high school parking lot, and can be misused | | | | spectrum of symptom coverage. It also tends to last |
| and abused. | | | | for about six hours per dose, so it can cover the entire |
| | | | school day. It can be less "harsh" than Ritalin. ADDerall |
| Cylert (Sodium Pemoline) | | | | might be worth talking to your doctor about as either |
| | | | the first or second medication to try. |
| Cylert seems to be prescribed most by neurologists | | | | |
| and by the few pediatricians who are afraid to | | | | ADDerall tablets come in 5, 10, 20, and 30 mg doses |
| prescribe Ritalin. | | | | offering great flexibility to a physician in targeting the |
| | | | optimum dose for any patient. Even greater flexibility is |
| We don't recommend Cylert at all, and wonder why | | | | offered because the tablets are double-scored so |
| anyone actually prescribes it at all any more. It only | | | | they can be accurately split into halves or quarters. |
| works about half the time with patients, and can have | | | | This means that ADDerall can be administered in |
| very serious side-effects. We have been told that it | | | | increments as low as 1.25 mg, or adjusted in 1.25 mg |
| causes hepatitis in 1/1000 of patients. We cannot verify | | | | increments. |
| this, but it's good enough for us to not recommend it to | | | | |
| patients anyway. Even the manufacturer recommends | | | | ADDerall begins to work more gradually than Ritalin, or |
| against it as the first medication tried in treating | | | | Dexedrine, and the "drop-off" slope is also much more |
| Attention Deficit Disorder. | | | | gradual, meaning that there is less of a "trough" time at |
| | | | the end of the dose. |
| Besides Attend works as well or better and is much | | | | |
| healthier and safer, so why mess with a medication | | | | You can learn more about ADHD and the various |
| that can cause such serious problems? | | | | treatment options for it at the ADHD Information |
| | | | Library. |