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What is Amphetamine?

Amphetamine stimulates the central nervous system (nerves and brain) by increasing the amount of certain chemicals in the body. This increases heart rate and blood pressure and decreases appetite, among other effects. It is used to treat narcolepsy and attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD).

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Fatigue 7 2 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight
ADHD (Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder) 2 0
Bipolar mixed episodes 1 1 Efficacy_major
Narcolepsy, ADHD 1 1 Efficacy_major
Depressed mood 1 1 Efficacy_major
Narcolepsy 1 0

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 1
Moderate
 0
Mild
 2
None
 1

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Amphetamine

Hyperactivity 1

Reported Dosages

  5mg as needed 20 mg daily 30 mg daily 35 mg daily 40 mg daily 60 mg daily 90 mg daily 100 mg daily
  1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Amphetamine (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 1   Did not seem to work: 33%
Side effects too severe 1   Side effects too severe: 33%
Other 1   Other: 33%

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Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Amphetamine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0
0

Stopped Taking Amphetamine

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Amphetamine

Always
 2 50%
Usually
 0 0%
Sometimes
 1 25%
Never
 1 25%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Amphetamine

Very
 1 25%
Somewhat
 0 0%
A little
 0 0%
Not at all
 3 75%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Amphetamine

$200+
 1 33%
$100-199
 0 0%
$50-99
 0 0%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 2 67%

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Report created on May 27, 2012.