Has anyone heard if this drug?.. | ADHD Information

Its called Medidate.  It is supposed to be in the ritalin family.  My friends daughter has ADD and this is what her doctor prescribed, but her daughters therapist has not heard of this drug before and her teachers thought it was a generic form of ritalin but when my friend asked the pharmacist she was told that it wasn't a generic form of ritalin.  So I came on here to aske my fellow network of ADHD support about this.  all help is needed.  Her daughter is like my niece and I am worried that the doctor may have prescribed the wrong drug

Metadate is a form of Ritalin. Here's a link to the WEBMD page on Metadate:

http://www.webmd.com/drugs/drug-20820-METADATE+CD+Oral.aspx? drugid=20820&drugname=METADATE+CD+Oral

Good luck

Heidi

 

 

er IS GREAT CAUSE IT WORKS THRU OUT THE DAY. DANIEL'S DEPAKOTE IS 500 MG. tHIS TYPE GIVES IT IN THE BODY AS NEEDED.HE ONLY HAS TO HAVE 1 A DAY. IT LASTS 12 HRS.

I SUGGEST 12 HR. CAUSE THIS WOULD ALLOW FOR SCHOOL/HOMEWORK TIME.

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My daughter is also on medatdate cd 10 mgs.  She has been on this drug for 4 weeks and so far so good, we have noticed a difference in her.  Her attention has  greatly improved.  She still occassionaly complains that her stomach hurts but not so frequently.  I have noticed that her afternoon appetite is not the same, the contents of her lunch box is hardly touched so I make sure that she has something healthy when she gets home.

Hope that you too have good luck with the metadate.

i think it's a generic form of ritalin.  but don't quote me on that.  email the company that makes it and ask them.  tell them why you are asking, they might send you some coupons for a month or so free to give your friend.

 

i spell checked!

Ritalin, Metadate and Concerta are the same drug and the generic name for all 3 is methylphenidate.

The difference between all 3 is explained below. Oh, I spell checked too!  lol

Forms Of Ritalin:

Ritalin is available in a variety of short, intermediate, and long acting forms, including: Short Acting (lasts 3-5 hours) Ritalin Methylin (chewable and liquid) Intermediate Acting (lasts 3-8 hours) Ritalin SR Metadate ER Methylin ER Long Acting (lasts 8-12 hours) Metadate CD Ritalin LA Concerta

 

Yes, I was on that for about 8 months. It worked pretty good I guess. I think its Methylphenidate USP as opposed to methlyphenidate hydrochloride. I don't know what that means, but I'm almost certain that's the difference.

This is probably a little late.. But figured I would post anyway..... I am on Medidat eCD 30 MG 1-2 times per day  my son (6 years old) has been on Medidate CD (30 Mg 1-2 times per day)  for 4 months and my younger brother (29 years old) has been on Medidate CD (30 Mg 2x a day) for over a year.  We all have had great results - the only issue - with my son is his appetite has decreased - To help combat this we have done a few things - the first is to offer him many different healthy foods - seems with the variety he is more likely to eat than if we offer him the same thing day after day - The second thing is to make his food fun - themed foods - Boat sandwiches & things like that - We have also institued a three bite rule (the teachers we great about helping with this - He knew that even if  he was not hungry he had to take 3 bites of each lunch item (at his school the hot lunches had 5 items per day - so at least I knew he was getting some food down. Our psychologist also recommended Ensure Shakes (we use the ensure plus - and chocolate ice cream - He loves this & has one every day) Hope this helps

 

Barbara