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Posted by Kimberlee on December 11, 2003, at 10:00:44
My son-17 yrs-just started taking Straterra two days ago and has serious dry-mouth-so far. How long does it take for these side effects to subside? I also wonder if a lot of you are having problems because you have been on other drugs? He hasn't been on anything for 7 years. With all these complaints-its scary-I wonder if we should continue to give it to him????
Posted by Cliff on December 11, 2003, at 12:53:21
In reply to new to Straterra, posted by Kimberlee on December 11, 2003, at 10:00:44
I have been on Strattera for the past three months. I have adult ADD which was diagnosed about six years ago. I was given the option of using a stimulant or just dealing with it like I'd been doing all my life. It wasn't until I found out about Strattera that I decided to try drugs to control my ADD. Since then, my attention has increased dramatically (since my brain decided to stop changing channels on me) and my performance at work and at home has improved as well. I've had a number of strange side effects (chills as discribed in other threads, painful urination, sleepyness, etc.) I had more side effects when I was taking 80mg in the morning. since then, I've backed off to 40mg in the morning and 25mg at noon. Most of the side efffects decreased after the first month. The rest I've gotten used to and learned to live with given the results I'm having with my ADD.
Posted by Viridis on December 13, 2003, at 0:15:24
In reply to new to Straterra, posted by Kimberlee on December 11, 2003, at 10:00:44
Strattera was good for me at first, but stopped working so I've quit it. I was on it for about 6 months. The key thing (and my pdoc agrees, based on experience with other patients) is that you need to increase the dosage slowly to minimize side effects -- maybe by 20-25 mg every couple of weeks or so.
Dry mouth was the longest-lasting side effect (it only kicked in when I was at 80 mg/day), but resolved after about 2-3 months. Then other weird things started happening (like increased blood pressure etc., apparently not too common) and it lost its effectiveness anyway, so I quit it with no problems.
It does seem to have promise for some people, though -- I think the biggest problems come from rapid increases in dosage without enough time for your system to adjust.
Posted by Kacy on December 14, 2003, at 12:58:06
In reply to new to Straterra, posted by Kimberlee on December 11, 2003, at 10:00:44
The side effects I experienced at 80 mg were gone withing two months. Sedation in the afternoon was the biggest problem. Before three months, though, the positive effects were waning.
After increasing to 100 mg, I came within a weekend of stopping Strattera because the sedation side-effect would not go away and the drug began wearing off at 4:30 pm. Out of nowhere, the sedation ended and the drug lasted through the evening. It took five months. (That's five months from beginning the 100 mg dose, not five months from starting Strattera.)
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