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Child Suffering With ADHD, On Daytrana Patch, Has Continuous Headache And Dizziness, High BP And Pulse Rate. Is It Worrisome?

My 8 year old son who is on the ADHD patch Daytrana and just went from 10mg to 15mg today with the patch, just recently complained of headache and dizziness ...I gave him some Tylenol , he has no fever....now an hour later he is still having dizziness off and on and his BP is 110/90 and his Pulse is 116...should I be worried?
Wed, 17 Apr 2013
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no you should not be worried my friend. These are typical side effects of this patch and because it is a patch it can last in your system for several days before the side effects go away. Your son may get tolerant to the side effects and they may go away with time so if he can tolerate it he will be okay. His pulse rate is elevated but this is not life threatening and will go down with time. If it does not, then he needs to find a replacement attention deficit disorder medication. The dizziness is not because of his low blood pressure, so do not be alarmed by that. I would just give it a few days before seeing his doctor.
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Child Suffering With ADHD, On Daytrana Patch, Has Continuous Headache And Dizziness, High BP And Pulse Rate. Is It Worrisome?

no you should not be worried my friend. These are typical side effects of this patch and because it is a patch it can last in your system for several days before the side effects go away. Your son may get tolerant to the side effects and they may go away with time so if he can tolerate it he will be okay. His pulse rate is elevated but this is not life threatening and will go down with time. If it does not, then he needs to find a replacement attention deficit disorder medication. The dizziness is not because of his low blood pressure, so do not be alarmed by that. I would just give it a few days before seeing his doctor.