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Suggest Better Medications For ADHD

Hi my 9 year old daughter has adhd and insurance won t cover orginal in medicine focalin xr was put on generic does not work ,can we get the orginal medicine again? On this other med is very angry ,talkative no attention in class per teacher..Should we change medicine completely don t know what to do?
Tue, 21 Apr 2015
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Hello thanks for asking from HCM for your health related queries

I can understand your concern. Focalin XR is Methylphenidate and if she is not responding to treatment because of change to Generic medicine then in such case you should either start to give her Focalin XR again if possible or to take prescription of new drugs. Medicines like Clonidine, Attentrol, Risperidone etc can prove helpful for her ADHD symptoms. These medicines would result in improvement and are not much costly. Dextro-amphetamine is also other option for her. Discuss with her psychiatrist to start either of these drugs if insurance is not covering Focalin XR.

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Suggest Better Medications For ADHD

Hello thanks for asking from HCM for your health related queries I can understand your concern. Focalin XR is Methylphenidate and if she is not responding to treatment because of change to Generic medicine then in such case you should either start to give her Focalin XR again if possible or to take prescription of new drugs. Medicines like Clonidine, Attentrol, Risperidone etc can prove helpful for her ADHD symptoms. These medicines would result in improvement and are not much costly. Dextro-amphetamine is also other option for her. Discuss with her psychiatrist to start either of these drugs if insurance is not covering Focalin XR. Thanks, Hope this helps you.