Posted by Shell on January 10, 2001, at 17:14:46
In reply to ritalin questions, posted by michael on January 9, 2001, at 0:00:37
I agree with JackD. If you are going to talk to your doctor, you should ask about Concerta. I have been taking it for a few weeks. It seems to take a while to start working (about an hour and a half to two hours - but that may just be me), but it lasts (evenly) for about ten hours after that (or twelve from the time it was taken).
For a 15-16 hour day, you could either combine Concerta with one dose of regular Ritalin or, if you are on 36 or 54 mg of Concerta, you could take the second dose a few hours after the first one. For example, 36 mg is two Concerta pills. Take the first one at 7 am and the second at 11 am. The first one will last until 7 pm and the second until 11 pm. The only down side is that only from 11 am - 7 pm will you have the combined dosage of 36 mg, but you might not mind having less in your system later in the evening anyway.
Shell
PS - I really can't take credit for those ideas. They came from Chris A. and medlib. They kindly responded to a similar question I had posted about Concerta a few days ago. You may want to look back at it...they said it better than I did!
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