Posted by Novelagent on May 31, 2012, at 12:04:11
My doc, and even pharmacist when I asked, said Vyvanse can only be prescribed up to 70mg, but that doesn't make any sense-- that's only equal to 10mg Adderall IR 3x/day, and when I took Adderall, I took 20mg 3x/day.
My insurance company did a prior authorization, and although it's not on the formulary (it was for Medicare, which permits off-formulary prior authorizations)-- the insurance company said, when I asked, that the prior authorization is good for up to 180mg / day for the drug.
So is the PDR telling docs 70mg is the maximum to prescribe, and other sources are telling my insurance company 180mg?
Shire is about to do Phase III trials for Vyvanse for schizophrenia, and those trials are going up to 200mg.
I'm about to switch docs for other reasons, so if I could give my new doc an authoratative study or overview of the med's dosing... That would be help.
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