How to Improve Concentration
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Adult ADD Drugs
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Adult ADD drugs for treating symptoms of adult
attention deficit disorder can prove to be very
effective if medication is prescribed in the correct
context. However, patients tend to rely more on over
the counter medication that can prove to be
ineffective and even harmful in many cases.
If adult ADD medication has been prescribed, it is
all the more important to follow the instructions of
the physician to the last word as even small changes
in dosage and the period for which it should be
administered can make a vast difference.
Adult ADD drugs need to be administered only after
proper analyses of the patient, as adults are likely
to be on drugs for other ailments too. Such drugs
often result in side effects that duplicate the
symptoms of adult attention deficit disorder and can
lead to confusion and even worsen the condition.
Prescribing adult ADD medication requires proper
communication between the patient and the doctor.
The doctor, on seeing a poor response of the patient
to the medicine prescribed initially, will work with
the patient to find another drug or a combination of
drugs to control symptoms. Most of these drugs,
however, require closer monitoring during the
preliminary phase of the treatment.
Often more than one medicine is required to treat
adult ADD, as adults are more likely to have
multiple related symptoms like depression and
anxiety. As such, treating adult ADD in a cavalier
fashion can prove to be very dangerous and more
often than not can aggravate the symptoms that it
was intended to cure.
While prescribing adult ADD medication, the
physician chooses from a variety of drugs available.
In many cases medications that act on some of the
same brain receptors as nicotine or for lowering
blood pressure are used to control ADD symptoms. The
physician may also have to consider options of
prescribing a single drug, a combination of drug, or
of slow or instant release drugs.
Over the past decade or so, options in medication
have increased manifold. Stimulant medication like
methylphenidate (Ritalin) and dextroamphetamine
compounds (Dextrostat, Dexedrine Spansules and
Adderall) are more often than not a frequent
starting place in the pharmacological treatment of
adult ADD. Different individuals require different
dosages depending upon their body weight.
Whereas other stimulants, such as, amphetamine and
some other tricyclics like Desipramine are known to
have a response rate of 60 to 80%, there are
non-stimulant adult ADD medications too. Atomoxetine
is the first non-stimulant medicine, specifically
approved by FDA in November 2002, for treatment of
symptoms of adult attention deficit disorder. It
strengthens those nerves that use norepinephrine to
send messages. Norepinephrine is a catecholamine
precursor of epinephrine that is secreted by the
adrenal medulla and also released at synapses.
Atomoxetine does not appear to affect the dopamine
systems as directly as do the stimulants.
The need of the day, however, is that physicians
require some more serious research on how adults
respond to various drugs to enable them to develop
second and third line treatment strategies for
treating complex symptoms of adult attention deficit
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Don Stewart, Pharmacist
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