Cylert | ADHD Information

I am looking for any and all information on the ADHD drug Cylert. Is it a extended release, if it is how long does it last, has any ones child had any sucess on it. Please let me know what you all know about it. The doctor wants to switch my son  to it, but I am leary I have never heard of it, and haven't been able to find out to much stuff about it.

Thanks for the help.........

Declining sales; ADHD drug to be discontinued

Published: Saturday, March 26, 2005

WASHINGTON (AP) — A drug that has been used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder for 30 years is being discontinued.

The consumer group Public Citizen petitioned the Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, asking the agency to ban pemoline, also sold under the trade name Cylert, because of reported cases of liver damage in users.

Abbott Laboratories, the manufacturer of Cylert, said it is already planning to discontinue the drug because of declining sales.

Pemoline was approved in 1975. Since then other drugs, including generics, have become available to treat ADHD. Cylert sales were less than million last year.

The company said letters advising physicians that the drug is being discontinued will go out within two months, and they will be given time to change patients to other drugs.

In its petition, Public Citizen said the drug has been withdrawn in the United Kingdom and Canada and carries two separate label warnings in this country.

Between the 1975 approval and 1996, there were 193 adverse drug reactions involving the liver ascribed to pemoline, including 13 cases of acute liver failure, Public Citizen said.

Actually in the scheme of things, it would be a rarity if pemoline caused liver side effects in 99% of the population.

Cylert worked wonders in my life for the past 10 years and my LFT have always been normal.