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Re: Help with Methylphenidate induced tachycardia, » linkadge

Posted by Babak on July 26, 2015, at 2:41:22

In reply to Re: Help with Methylphenidate induced tachycardia,, posted by linkadge on July 25, 2015, at 20:34:51

> Sorry, can you reduce your question to 2 or 3 sentences (not to sound harsh)?
>
> For Ritalin induced tachycardia, you could try atenolol (or another beta blocker). Alternatively, you could try augmenting with something like guanfacine or clonidine (alpha 2 agonists which are originally blood pressure drugs, but have independent effects of ADHD).
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> They may reduce the dose of Ritalin needed and/or treat tachycardia.
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> Linkadge
>
>
I apologise for my detailed post which must have been why you seem to have missed the following two points:
1) I did mention in my post that I have already tried Clonidine. It is a medication used for lowering blood pressure which it does but if anything exacerbates my tachycardia.
2) Beta blockers which again I mentioned in my post and I have also tried are adrenergic blocking agents and as such counteract the effects of an androgenic agent like methylphenidate, i.e. it is equivalent to reducing the dose which I hope you agree defeats the object.

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