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You should try vyvanse, I used to take Ritalin and then my doctor trailed me on vyvanse and it lasts the entire day with far less negative side affects than Rit

You should try vyvanse, I used to take Ritalin and then my doctor trailed me on vyvanse and it lasts the entire day with far less negative side affects than Ritalin. I immediately fell in love, it's still patented though so it isn't cheap without insurance.

falcolas 12y ago
There is also Concerta - which is basically a mechanical pump contained in a pill that delivers Ritalin spread over 8 hours. They aren't under patent, but the extra mechanics built into the pill still drive a generic 30 day prescription into the $200 range (pre-insurance).
- maxerickson 12y ago
  It isn't mechanical. It's osmotic. This blog has a nice illustration of it: https://drgrcevich.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/why-your-kids-concerta-hasnt-been-working-lately/ https://drgrcevich.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/why-your-kids-co... More here (pdf): https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/JPPS/article/viewFile/8282/7448 https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/JPPS/article... (osmosis is the movement of water across a semi permeable membrane, roughly speaking, the pill is arranged so that water is drawn into it, creating pressure that pushes the drug out of a small hole.) The particular mechanism used in Concerta does appear to be under patent.
  - falcolas 12y ago
    Mechanical delivery means does not exclude using osmosis to provide the pressure. Since the drug itself doesn't travel across an osmotic barrier, calling the delivery mechanism osmotic doesn't explain the mechanism very well. That said, I didn't know that the generic versions used a completely different delivery mechanism; thanks for the links!
    - maxerickson 12y ago
      I didn't mean to argue about the words. I read "mechanical pump" and simply didn't believe it, and went and tracked down the above. So for my ears, "mechanical pump" wasn't the right description. I assumed that others might have a similar experience and so I posted what I had found.
jacques_chester 12y ago
I could only trial the drugs that are approved in Australia, because that's where I lived when I was diagnosed. My plan is to talk to a psychiatrist about trialling some of the other drugs approved in the USA; we'll see how it goes.

falcolas 12y ago

There is also Concerta - which is basically a mechanical pump contained in a pill that delivers Ritalin spread over 8 hours. They aren't under patent, but the extra mechanics built into the pill still drive a generic 30 day prescription into the $200 range (pre-insurance).

maxerickson 12y ago
It isn't mechanical. It's osmotic. This blog has a nice illustration of it: https://drgrcevich.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/why-your-kids-concerta-hasnt-been-working-lately/ https://drgrcevich.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/why-your-kids-co... More here (pdf): https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/JPPS/article/viewFile/8282/7448 https://ejournals.library.ualberta.ca/index.php/JPPS/article... (osmosis is the movement of water across a semi permeable membrane, roughly speaking, the pill is arranged so that water is drawn into it, creating pressure that pushes the drug out of a small hole.) The particular mechanism used in Concerta does appear to be under patent.
- falcolas 12y ago
  Mechanical delivery means does not exclude using osmosis to provide the pressure. Since the drug itself doesn't travel across an osmotic barrier, calling the delivery mechanism osmotic doesn't explain the mechanism very well. That said, I didn't know that the generic versions used a completely different delivery mechanism; thanks for the links!
  - maxerickson 12y ago
    I didn't mean to argue about the words. I read "mechanical pump" and simply didn't believe it, and went and tracked down the above. So for my ears, "mechanical pump" wasn't the right description. I assumed that others might have a similar experience and so I posted what I had found.

jacques_chester 12y ago

I could only trial the drugs that are approved in Australia, because that's where I lived when I was diagnosed. My plan is to talk to a psychiatrist about trialling some of the other drugs approved in the USA; we'll see how it goes.