Brand Name: Adderall XR. | Generic Name: Amphetamine (mixed salts)
Advantages: Effective for treating ADHD, but it holds no advantage over other medications like Dexedrine, Dextrostat and Zenzedi. The brand name is expensive, the generics are very inexpensive and Adderall is usually covered by insurance.
Disadvantages: More likely than methylphenidate medications to caused irritability as it wears off in the afternoon, and more likely to cause appetite reduction.
Summary: Adderall XR is the extended-release version of Adderall. It employs a similar coated bead technology used in Ritalin LA, Focalin XR, and Metadate CD to last about eight hours. It was approved by the FDA in 2001. Adderall and Adderall XR are very effective medications to treat ADHD, but they offer no real benefit over the much less expensive
Dexedrine and Dexedrine Spansules and their generics.6 Adderall is usually covered by insurance, but without insurance, it is an expensive drug that shows no advantage over the much less expensive Dexedrine Spansule with the added burden of more side effects. Nevertheless, in 2016, it was the forty-fifth most prescribed medication in the United States, with more than seventeen million prescriptions per year.
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