Posted by btnd on December 23, 2003, at 12:03:42
In reply to Re: ADD-inattentive - Adderall maximum dose , posted by Bill LL on December 22, 2003, at 9:11:40
> Brad- I just did a quick internet search and came up with several sites that had 160mg per day as the maximum. I pasted one of them below. The maximum dose of Adderall is about 160 mg per day. It's 3/4 mg per pound of body weight. So if someone weighs 100 pounds, the maximum is 75 mg per day. I would talk to the doctor again about increasing the dose.
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> "However, the maximum dose of Adderall is thought by many doctors, including the Harvard University ADD Group, to be 3/4 of a milligram per pound of body weight (120 mg per day for a 160 pound person)."
Although I also did an internet search and found exact same info, it makes me really think twice - giving 120 mg of amphetamine to a child ?? Isn't such dose considered recreational ? This would be like giving my child - "speed" ! Just my thoughts on it..
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