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MEDICATIONS USED FOR CHILDHOOD CONDITIONS
|
DRUG |
BRAND NAME |
INDICATIONS
|
CHILDREN
DAILY DOSE |
ADOLESCENTS
DAILY DOSE |
ADVERSE
EFFECTS |
HOW
SUPPLIED |
|
METHYLPHENIDATE |
RITALIN |
ADHD,
NARCOLEPSY, CHRONIC FATIGUE |
5-20 mg |
5-20 mg |
APPETITE
SUPPRESSANT, INSOMNIA, IRRITABILITY
|
TABLETS |
|
METHYLPHENIDATE |
CONCERTA
|
ADHD |
18-54
mg/day |
18-72
mg/day |
HEADACHES,
ABDOMINAL PAIN, APPETITE SUPPRESSANT, INSOMNIA, DIZZINESS
|
EXTENDED
RELEASE TABLETS |
|
METHYLPHENIDATE
|
DAYTRANA
|
ADHD |
|
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SKIN
IRRITATION, HEADACHE, STOMACH PAIN, LOSS OF APPETITE, INSOMNIA, DIZZINESS,
IRRITABILITY
|
TRANSDERMAL PATCH |
|
METHYLPHENIDATE
|
METADATE |
ADHD |
20-60
mg/day |
20-60
mg/day |
NERVOUSNESS, INSOMNIA, APPETITE SUPPRESSANT, HEADACHES, DIZZINESS
|
CAPSULE OR
EXTENDED RELEASE TABLETS |
STIMULANTS
|
DRUG |
BRAND NAME |
INDICATIONS
|
CHILDREN
DAILY DOSE |
ADOLESCENTS
DAILY DOSE |
ADVERSE
EFFECTS |
HOW
SUPPLIED |
|
D-AMPHETAMINE |
DEXEDRINE |
ADHD,
NARCOLEPSY, TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION
|
5-15 mg
|
5-15 mg
|
INSOMNIA,
HEADACHE,
DIZZINESS,
APPETITE SUPPRESSANT
|
TABLET OR
SUSTAINED RELEASE CAPSULE |
|
PEMOLINE
|
CYLERT |
ADHD WITH
HYPERACTIVITY
|
37.5-112.5
mg/day |
37.5-112.5
mg/day |
DROWSINESS, DIZZINESS, HEADACHE, NAUSEA, STOMACH PAIN, LOSS OF APPETITE
|
TABLETS
FOR ORAL ADMINISTRATION, CHEWABLE TABLETS |
|
ATOMOXETINE HYDROCHLORIDE
|
STRATTERA |
ADHD |
40-100
mg/day |
40-100
mg/day |
STOMACH
PAIN, NAUSEA, VOMITING, FATIGUE, DECREASED APPETITE, DIZZINESS, MOOD SWINGS
|
CAPSULES |
|
AMPHETAMINE & D-AMPHETAMINE COMPOUND |
ADDERALL |
ADHD,
NARCOLEPSY, TREATMENT-RESISTANT DEPRESSION
|
5-20 mg |
5-20 mg |
INSOMNIA,
DIZZINESS, HEADACHES
|
EXTENDED
RELEASE CAPSULE |
ANTIDEPRESSANTS
|
DRUG |
BRAND NAME |
MAIN
INDICATIONS
|
CHILDREN
DAILY DOSE |
ADOLESCENTS
DAILY DOSE |
ADVERSE
EFFECTS |
HOW
SUPPLIED |
|
BUPROPION |
WELLBUTRIN |
ADHD,
MAJOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER |
150
mg/dose; 450 mg/day |
150
mg/dose; 450 mg/day |
INSOMNIA,
DIZZINESS, CONSTIPATION |
EXTENDED
RELEASE TABLETS |
|
FLUOXETINE |
PROZAC
|
DEPRESSION, ADHD, OCD, PANIC DISORDER, BULIMIA
|
10-80 mg |
10-80 mg |
RESTLESSNESS, INSOMNIA, FATIGUE, NAUSEA, DECREASED APPETITE, TREMORS |
DAILY
TABLETS, LIQUID, WEEKLY CAPSULES |
|
SERTRALINE
|
ZOLOFT |
DEPRESSION, OCD, PANIC DISORDER, PTSD, SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
|
UP TO 200
mg |
UP TO 200
mg |
NAUSEA,
DIARRHEA, INSOMNIA, REDUCED APPETITE, DROWSINESS |
TABLETS,
ORAL CONCENTRATE (LIQUID) |
|
PAROXETINE
|
PAXIL
|
DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, OCD, PANIC DISORDER, PTSD, SOCIAL ANXIETY DISORDER
|
10-60 mg
|
10-60 mg
|
DROWSINESS, VOMITING, ANXIETY, NERVOUSNESS, ABDOMINAL PAIN |
TABLETS,
ORAL SUSPENSION (LIQUID) |
ANTIDEPRESSANTS
|
DRUG |
BRAND NAME |
MAIN
INDICATIONS
|
CHILDREN
DAILY DOSE |
ADOLESCENTS
DAILY DOSE |
ADVERSE
EFFECTS |
HOW
SUPPLIED |
|
FLUVOXAMINE
|
LUVOX |
OCD, MOOD
DISORDERS |
50-200 mg |
50-200 mg |
NAUSEA,
DROWSINESS, INSOMNIA, HEADACHES, HYPERACTIVITY, WEIGHT LOSS, DERMATITIS
|
TABLETS |
|
CLOMIPARMINE
|
ANAFRANIL |
DEPRESSION, OCD
|
1-3 mg/kg |
1-3 mg/kg |
RISK OF
SEIZURE ONSET WITH PROLONGED USE (>1 year) & HIGH DOSAGE (300 mg/day),
DROWSINESS, DIZZINESS, TREMORS, HEADACHES, DRY MOUTH, FATIGUE
|
CAPSULES |
|
NORTRIPTYLINE
|
AVENTYL,
PAMELOR
|
ADHD |
10-25 mg |
10-25 mg |
INSOMNIA,
DRY MOUTH, HEADACHES, CONSTIPATION, NAUSEA, BLURRED VISION
|
CAPSULES |
ANTICONVULSANTS & ANTIPSYCHOTICS
|
DRUG |
BRAND NAME |
MAIN
INDICATIONS
|
CHILDREN
DAILY DOSE |
ADOLESCENTS
DAILY DOSE |
ADVERSE
EFFECTS |
HOW
SUPPLIED |
|
CARBAMAZEPINE
|
TEGRETOL |
BIPOLAR
DISORDER
|
400-800 mg |
800-1200
mg |
DIZZINESS,
DROWSINESS, NAUSEA, VOMITING
|
TABLET,
CHEWABLE TABLET |
|
CLOZAPINE
|
CLOZARIL |
BIPOLAR
DISORDER
|
___ |
100-900 mg |
COGNITIVE
SEDATION, EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SIDE EFFECTS (e.g. rigidity, persistent muscle
spasms, tremors, restlessness)
|
TABLETS |
|
RISPERIDONE
|
RISPERDAL |
BIPOLAR
DISORDER
|
NOT YET
ESTABLISHED |
2-10 mg |
COGNITIVE
SEDATION , EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SIDE EFFECTS (e.g. rigidity, persistent muscle
spasms, tremors, restlessness)
|
TABLETS,
ORAL SOLUTION (LIQUID), ORALLY DISINTEGRATING TABLETS |
|
VALPROIC
ACID
|
DEPAKOTE |
BIPOLAR
DISORDER
|
___ |
UP TO 750
mg |
NAUSEA,
VOMITING, INDIGESTION |
TABLETS |
ANXIOLYTICS
(ANTI-ANXIETY)
|
DRUG |
BRAND NAME |
MAIN
INDICATIONS
|
CHILDREN
DAILY DOSE
|
ADOLESCENTS
DAILY DOSE |
ADVERSE
EFFECTS |
HOW
SUPPLIED |
|
CLONAZEPAM
|
KLONOPIN |
SEPARATION
ANXIETY, GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER, PANIC ATTACKS
|
.01-.02
mg/kg |
.01-.03
mg/kg |
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