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lymom3
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Got a script for this today...I know it's an old drug in a new form and it's new, but wondered if anyone else had tried it yet.
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Australorpe
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My dd has used it for a couple of weeks now. I think dosing is much more even. Working well for her. Our psych did say to apply with a heat compress for 30 seconds to activate drug.
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dhaney
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My son who is 18 tried it and then went back to the Focalin. He said it had not affect.
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lymom3
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For you two that have tried it, did you find the darn things ridiculously hard to peel? I was on the Emsam patch for a while and that came right off but this thing is a fight to say the least to get it unstuck. Regardless of whether I find a decent dosage or not that alone might kill it for me.
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biggs1709
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Do not apply the patch with a heat compress, I was told that will affect the correct delivery of the medication.
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john1960
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lymom3 wrote:
| For you two that have tried it, did you find the darn things ridiculously hard to peel? I was on the Emsam patch for a while and that came right off but this thing is a fight to say the least to get it unstuck. Regardless of whether I find a decent dosage or not that alone might kill it for me. |
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my son is 10 and is on daytrana. he started on 10mg for a week, then 15 and now 20. he's doing great on 20mg. i love being able to take the patch off when I feel like he doesn't need to be on it. with concerta, he took it and had to be on it for a long period of time. major sleep problems. my wife has been taking the patch off at 4pm every day and sleep has not been an issue. Our doctor told her to set the alarm on her cell phone. It's nice to have the control. I found the 10mg patch to be a huge pain to peel off. the 15 and 20mg are not cut down the middle. the break goes from corner to corner and they are much easier to peel off. At least that's what I've found. His skin under the patch gets a little red but by the next morning we can't even tell that the patch was on... his skin looks fine. We are really happy with daytrana. hopefully you all find success with it too.
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Robin J
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My 15yo son started on the 15mg patch last Saturday and we went up to the 30mg by Monday. I LOVE IT!!!  He is so even, no major mood swings. He even has said that he likes it. We were on Metadate and it was working well, but he is driving and needs to be on something from early am to late pm. He was going to have to take another dose of Metadate after school to get him thru wrestling practice and then the drive home. So I wanted to try something that we had more control of. He accidentally slept with it on the other night and said he fell asleep almost immediately and slept great and in the morning he was not climbing the walls. He hasn's done that again but its an interesting thing that it lasted that long.
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G-Ma
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We tried the 10 mg as well as the 15mg patch for two weeks, and although it worked well after the two hour delay of any systemic affect, my seven year old lost pounds that he cannot affor to lose. He had absolutely NO APPETITE until about 3 hours after the patch was removed. Refused even his drinks; thus I swtiched back to the regular ritalin. We were really hoping the patch would be the answer so meds would not have to be taken during school. I just hate for him to continue be micromanaged. Concerta, Ritalin LA, Medadate all decrease his appetite, but not to where he does not even drink.
Anyone else had such a drastic appetite change?
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ChrisDay28
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Well, we haven't started the patch yet, but received the prescription last
week. Unfortunately, none of the pharmacies in our city (in CA) have it in
stock. It had to be ordered and should be in on Tues or Wed. So, we'll see
how it goes. I'm kinda worried about hearing of the 2 hour delay to start
working. That wouldn't be good once school starts back up in August!
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cam2699
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Robin J I was wondering what kind of meds was your son on before. We are comsidering the patch my daughter is taking concerta now 54 mg along with zxprexa 2.5 mg and the moodiness is unreal..She has a don't care attitude and just lays around doing nothing...
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