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<blockquote data-quote="neednewtechnique" data-source="post: 25377" data-attributes="member: 3527"><p>As I mentioned, in a few of my other posts to the board, we VERY BRIEFLY tried the FOCALIN, and I have learned more about it in the last few weeks than I ever cared to know about it. I am sure that some children will react wonderfully to the medication and I am not knocking it, by any means, and I don't want to scare you. So rather than tell you my horror story about that medication, I will tell you the hard facts that I got from our daughter's PDR and Pharmacist about what the medication actually is. Focalin is a VERY NEW medication, and is supposed to be a new and improved version of RITALIN. They refer to is as "purified" ritalin. The first difference between the two, is that Focalin is supposed to have less adverse side effects than Ritalin, which is a bonus. The second difference between the two is that since Focalin is more "pure", the dosage has double the effect. So your son taking 10mg of Focalin should have the same EFFECT as if he were taking 20mg of Ritalin, but since it is actually only HALF the dosage, should cause less side-effects than the 20mg of Ritalin. I know that is a little confusing, less medications doing more work but still having less side-effects, and I hope it makes sense... As for what they told us to keep an eye out for: they said that for agressive children, this medication may make the agression worse, more frequent, or cause the child to turn violent. If this is the case, they said not to stop the medication until talking to the psychiatrist, but should call right away. If you already have a child that is violent, they say that it could again, make the violence worse, more frequent, or cause them to turn on someone that they ordinarily behave very well for. They also told us to be CERTAIN not to administer ANY SORT of sinus medication without speaking with psychiatrist or Pharmacist first. The reason is that the stimulant is stronger than in other ADHD medications, and can cause more adverse reactions if you don't use the proper sinus medications. </p><p></p><p>On the other hand, they say these side effects are more rare than with other ADHD medications, so you may not have any problems. I think that the problems we had were more because she was taking Focalin in ADDITION to Concerta, but possibly if she took the Focalin by itself, maybe it would have worked better for her. There are some great websites on Focalin, just google it when you get a chance, but the more helpful information came from our psychiatrist and our Pharmacist. </p><p></p><p>Good luck, I am interested to see how this medication works for your son, keep me posted!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="neednewtechnique, post: 25377, member: 3527"] As I mentioned, in a few of my other posts to the board, we VERY BRIEFLY tried the FOCALIN, and I have learned more about it in the last few weeks than I ever cared to know about it. I am sure that some children will react wonderfully to the medication and I am not knocking it, by any means, and I don't want to scare you. So rather than tell you my horror story about that medication, I will tell you the hard facts that I got from our daughter's PDR and Pharmacist about what the medication actually is. Focalin is a VERY NEW medication, and is supposed to be a new and improved version of RITALIN. They refer to is as "purified" ritalin. The first difference between the two, is that Focalin is supposed to have less adverse side effects than Ritalin, which is a bonus. The second difference between the two is that since Focalin is more "pure", the dosage has double the effect. So your son taking 10mg of Focalin should have the same EFFECT as if he were taking 20mg of Ritalin, but since it is actually only HALF the dosage, should cause less side-effects than the 20mg of Ritalin. I know that is a little confusing, less medications doing more work but still having less side-effects, and I hope it makes sense... As for what they told us to keep an eye out for: they said that for agressive children, this medication may make the agression worse, more frequent, or cause the child to turn violent. If this is the case, they said not to stop the medication until talking to the psychiatrist, but should call right away. If you already have a child that is violent, they say that it could again, make the violence worse, more frequent, or cause them to turn on someone that they ordinarily behave very well for. They also told us to be CERTAIN not to administer ANY SORT of sinus medication without speaking with psychiatrist or Pharmacist first. The reason is that the stimulant is stronger than in other ADHD medications, and can cause more adverse reactions if you don't use the proper sinus medications. On the other hand, they say these side effects are more rare than with other ADHD medications, so you may not have any problems. I think that the problems we had were more because she was taking Focalin in ADDITION to Concerta, but possibly if she took the Focalin by itself, maybe it would have worked better for her. There are some great websites on Focalin, just google it when you get a chance, but the more helpful information came from our psychiatrist and our Pharmacist. Good luck, I am interested to see how this medication works for your son, keep me posted!!! [/QUOTE]
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