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What does it do?
This product is used in the treatment of ADHD and narcolepsy. It is thought to work on the brain stem arousal system to produce a stimulant effect.
Last text update: 2011-10-05
Last data update: 2012-01-14
This product has a black box relating to its risk of drug dependency and the possibility of other abnormal behavior with long term use.
Usage:
Methylphenidate is most commonly used to treat the conditions below, together with the percentage of all people taking the medication for the particular condition.
| Disease/Condition | % |
|---|
| Attention Deficit Disorder | 83% |
| Chronic Fatigue | 20% |
| Fibromyalgia | 3% |
General Information:
- 6.6
- Methylphenidate Average Satisfaction Score
- 82% of patients are at least somewhat satisfied with Methylphenidate.
MediGuard regularly polls our more than 32,000 users taking Methylphenidate (or similar drugs with the same active ingredient(s)) using the Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medications (TSQM). This feedback is continuously updated for the benefit of the MediGuard community. To request scores for specific patient subgroups, please contact research@mediguard.org.
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Global Patient Feedback for Methylphenidate (Methylphenidate)
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just started 4 months ago on and off again, now taking 36mg x 3 pills a day, I think I might actually be a better man now at the age of 49, been a smart mouth asshole for most of my life, never anything really nice to say to people, spent $180,000 on gambling huge debt load, but a loving wife and 3 kids that stuck my me I am looking foward to making amends to all. Thanks to all
- 49 year old – Source: MediGuard
- Posted: 2011-09-04 11:08:33
I just began taking the generic for Ritalin for ADD. I realize I had problems when younger as a child, however back then the doctors drugged you with tranquilizers such as Phenobarbital, etc....I am 63 and notice that I focus better and feel so much better. Except for one problem, it is increasing my blood pressure and I have been on Metroprolol for that problem for 8 yrs. I will be seeing my doctor in 3 wks to evaluate the affectiveness of the Ritalin. I guess I don't know what she will say about the higher blood pressure.
- 64 year old – Source: MediGuard
- Posted: 2011-08-16 19:24:45
I use my perscriptions as I see fit to my needs, I do my own dosage orperscription needs as I see fit, I do have the perscriptions, seroquel, wellbutrin, ativan, and ritalin, I do not take them as percribed, don't get me wrong, i have been accused of refusing or not taking my scripts as told, but seriously, after almost 13 years on the other side of the psychiatrist whom did evaluations on me, i was doing my own evaluations on the psyche, I know my meds, what works, what does not, how to take, when to take, how to diagnose a ilness, how to maintain and teat my conditions, the whole works, I am a Psychiatrist, I just don't have the degree and certificates in that feild of Phychiatric and doctrine, BUT, I can Diagnose someone, I just can't write a perscription, But...to let ya know, and I am sure alot of you can relate to me on this fact, I can give the person I diagnosed a contact number to a street dealer whom has that perscription for the treatment of the illness...I was in mental health hospital units "The Looney Bin, The Ward" and I didn't get help as it should be helped. I just got to meet friends who know all the secrets the doctors and psychiatrist and personal...do not want anybody to know, I just happened to be too informed, and its well known to them, so I am one who gets the worst of the worst when it come to being treated in the hospital or many of the facities who treat mental illness, I got me a bad reputation right now, the worst possible, the ending of the bad repuations. DXXX
- 35 year old – Source: MediGuard
- Posted: 2011-07-15 00:55:19
