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Thinking of taking him off some medications...
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 486044" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Four medications. Hmmm... unless there is a specific logic to all four, I'd be asking questions and probably pushing for a reduction/removal of which ever one is causing the most side-effects. I'm assuming he's taking 4 different <em>classes</em> of medications... not just 4 scripts. (if you have to count scripts, difficult child is on 7... but only three chemical compounds.) For example, stimulants is a class of drug - ritalin, concerta, adderall, etc. are all stims. Other frequent classes are SSRIs (one form of anti-depressent... there are other classes), atypical APs, etc.</p><p></p><p>Example of two scripts for one medication... Concerta 36 + Concerta 18... needs both for school days, just the 36 for weekends. (if he needed the same dose every day, the script would be for Concerta 54, because its much cheaper that way!). </p><p></p><p>Two scripts for one medication class... Concerta 36, plus low-dose fast-acting Ritalin to cover homework/evening event. Both are stims - in this case, even the same basic chemical compound.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 486044, member: 11791"] Four medications. Hmmm... unless there is a specific logic to all four, I'd be asking questions and probably pushing for a reduction/removal of which ever one is causing the most side-effects. I'm assuming he's taking 4 different [I]classes[/I] of medications... not just 4 scripts. (if you have to count scripts, difficult child is on 7... but only three chemical compounds.) For example, stimulants is a class of drug - ritalin, concerta, adderall, etc. are all stims. Other frequent classes are SSRIs (one form of anti-depressent... there are other classes), atypical APs, etc. Example of two scripts for one medication... Concerta 36 + Concerta 18... needs both for school days, just the 36 for weekends. (if he needed the same dose every day, the script would be for Concerta 54, because its much cheaper that way!). Two scripts for one medication class... Concerta 36, plus low-dose fast-acting Ritalin to cover homework/evening event. Both are stims - in this case, even the same basic chemical compound. [/QUOTE]
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