Dextroamphetamine
The following information is an educational aid only. It is not
intended as a medical advice for individual conditions or
treatments. Talk to your doctor, nurse or pharmacist before
following any medical regimen to see if it is safe and
effective for you.
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Dexedrine®; DextroStat®; Liquadd™
Dexedrine®
• This medicine is available as a long-acting capsule, a liquid, and a tablet.
Stimulant
This medicine may be habit-forming; avoid long-term use. May cause serious heart-related side effects. Tell healthcare provider if your child has any heart disease.
This medicine does not mix well with many medicines. Serious reactions may occur. Check all medicines with child's healthcare provider.
Please read the medication guide.
• Not if your child has an allergy to dextroamphetamine or any other part of this medicine.
• Be sure to let healthcare provider know if your child has any allergies or reactions to medicine, food preservatives, or dyes. Make sure to tell about the allergy and how it affected your child. This includes telling about rash; hives; itching; shortness of breath; wheezing; cough; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or any other symptoms involved.
• Not if your child has any of the following conditions: Agitation, glaucoma, heart disease, high blood pressure, overactive thyroid gland, structural abnormalities of the heart, tics, or Tourette's syndrome.
• This medicine is used to treat attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity.
• This medicine is used to treat narcolepsy.
• Dextroamphetamine has a stabilizing effect in children with attention deficit disorder.
• In narcolepsy, it stimulates the brain to increase alertness.
• To gain the most benefit, do not miss giving your child doses.
• Give prescription as directed, even if your child is feeling better.
• Give this medicine early in the day to avoid sleep problems.
• Give at least 6 hours before bedtime.
• Give long-acting products in the morning.
• Give this medicine with or without food. Give with food if it causes an upset stomach.
• Have your child swallow long-acting products whole. Encourage your child not to chew, break, or crush.
• You may sprinkle contents of capsule on soft food or liquid. Encourage your child not to chew.
• A liquid (solution) is available if your child cannot swallow pills.
• Measure liquid doses carefully. Use measuring device that comes with the medicine. If none is available, get an oral syringe, a medicine dropper, a medicine spoon, or a medicine cup (only for older children) from your pharmacist.
• Your child may start feeling better soon after starting this medicine.
• This medicine begins to work within 2 hours and lasts up to 4 hours.
• The long-acting products may last up to 8 hours.
• Give a missed dose as soon as possible.
• If it is almost time for the next dose, skip the missed dose and return to your child's regular schedule.
• Do not give a double dose or extra doses.
• Do not change dose or stop your child's medicine. Talk with healthcare provider.
• If your child is allergic to tartrazine, talk with healthcare provider. Some products contain tartrazine.
• This medicine may be habit-forming with long-term use.
• If your child has been taking this medicine for several weeks, talk with healthcare provider before stopping. You may want to gradually withdraw this medicine.
• Your child may have certain heart tests before starting this medicine. Talk with healthcare provider.
• If your child has an eating disorder, talk with healthcare provider.
• If your child has a fast heartbeat, talk with healthcare provider.
• If your child has a mental health disorder, talk with healthcare provider.
• If your child has seizures, talk with healthcare provider.
• Check your child's medicines with healthcare provider. This medicine may not mix well with other medicines.
• Talk with your child's healthcare provider before giving over-the-counter cough, cold, or allergy medicine.
• Limit your child's caffeine and chocolate intake. Use with this medicine may cause nervousness, shakiness, and fast heartbeat.
• Feeling dizzy. Rising slowly over several minutes from sitting or lying position is recommended. Children should be extra careful climbing stairs.
• Nervous and excitable.
• Not hungry.
• Inability to sleep.
• Change in condition being treated. Is it better, worse, or about the same?
• For the occurrence of side effects.
• Check blood pressure and heart rate regularly.
• If your child is diabetic, you will need to monitor blood sugar closely.
• Check blood work regularly. Talk with healthcare provider.
• Monitor your child's growth carefully.
• Follow up with healthcare provider.
• If any of this information causes you to be concerned, any of the common side effects occur, or if your child's symptoms do not improve after taking this medicine.
• If you suspect an overdose, call your local poison control center or emergency department immediately.
• If your child shows signs of a life-threatening reaction, call healthcare provider or emergency department immediately. These include wheezing; chest tightness; fever; itching; bad cough; blue skin color; fits; swelling of face, lips, tongue, or throat; or if your child exhibits any other unusual behavior.
• If your child shows signs of severe dizziness or passes out.
• If your child develops serious behavioral problems.
• If your child shows signs or symptoms of depression, suicidal thoughts, nervousness, emotional ups and downs, abnormal thinking, anxiety, or lack of interest in life.
• If your child has a severe headache.
• If your child has a sudden change in vision.
• If your child has a fast heartbeat.
• If your child is feeling extremely nervous and excitable.
• If your child has severe nausea or vomiting.
• If your child develops a rash.
• No improvement in condition or if you believe your child's condition is worse.
• Store at room temperature.
• Protect from light.
• Protect capsules and tablets from moisture. Do not store in a bathroom or kitchen.
• If your child has a life-threatening allergy, he/she should wear an allergy identification bracelet at all times.
• This medicine is available by prescription only. If there are refills, contact your pharmacy. If no refills remain, you may need to contact your child's healthcare provider.
• This medicine should be thrown out when your child no longer needs it or if the medicine becomes outdated.
• Do not share your child's medicine with others and do not give anyone else's medicine to your child.
• Keep all medicine out of the reach of children and pets.
• Many medications interact with other medications. Keep a list of all your child's medicines (prescription, natural products, supplements, vitamins, over-the-counter) with you. Give this list to your child's healthcare provider (doctor, nurse, nurse practitioner, pharmacist, physician assistant).
• Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or in Canada to Health Canada's Canada Vigilance Program at 1-866-234-2345.
• Talk with your child's healthcare provider before giving him/her any new medicine, including over-the-counter, natural products, or vitamins.
• Medicine can be dangerous if used incorrectly. Follow directions given by healthcare provider.
Created: 2006-10-16 10:45:11.0
Modified: 2009-08-25 14:08:49.0
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