Methylphenidate Treatment Report
Most Popular Brands: Ritalin, Concerta, Ritalin SR (Show all)
What is Methylphenidate?
Methylphenidate is a central nervous system stimulant used in the treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and for symptomatic management of narcolepsy. Off label it is used for depression, especially in the elderly or medically ill.
Reasons taken & Efficacy
| Reasons taken | # of patients | Major | Moderate | Slight | None | Can’t tell | # of patients evaluated by |
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| Fatigue | 124 |
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21 | |
| Brain fog | 15 |
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6 | ||
| Excessive daytime sleepiness (somnolence) | 15 |
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2 | |||
| Other | 13 |
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2 | |||
| Cognition | 8 |
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1 | ||||
| Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | 4 |
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1 |
See all 138 patients currently taking Methylphenidate
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Side Effects
Dosages
Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Methylphenidate. See all 31 dosages ►
| 10mg as needed | 18mg as needed | 20mg as needed | 36 mg/24 hr daily | 5mg as needed | daily | 1 mg daily | 5 mg daily | 10 mg/24 hr daily | 10 mg daily | 15 mg daily | 18 mg/24 hr daily | 18 mg daily | 20 mg/24 hr daily | 20 mg daily | 2 x 10 mg/24 hr daily | 30 mg/24 hours daily | 30 mg daily | 2 x 18 mg/24 hr daily | 36 mg daily | 40 mg daily | 50 mg daily | 54 mg/24 hr daily | 2 x 30 mg/24 hours daily | 60 mg daily | 2 x 36 mg/24 hr daily | 4 x 18 mg/24 hr daily | 80 mg daily | 100 mg daily | 140 mg daily | 200 mg daily | ||
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Stop Reasons
| Reason | # Patients | Percentage of patients | |
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Did not seem to work
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19 | 45% |
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Doctor's advice
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10 | 24% |
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Side effects too severe
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9 | 21% |
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Other
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9 | 21% |
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Not indicated
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2 | 5% |
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Expense
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2 | 5% |
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Course of treatment ended
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1 | 2% |
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Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼
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Patient Evaluations
See all 28 patient evaluations
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- Flowers
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Severe
- Overall: Moderate
- Cognition: severe
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: moderate
- Swallowing: moderate
- Upper limb: moderate
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- Flowers
- 40 mg daily
- since Dec 31, 2008
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Efficacy
Major
for Brain fog
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips This med has made all the difference for me in being able to focus on what I'm doing and to be able to finish what I start. I was to the point that I'd start... See full evaluation
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- heidibug77
- Sex: F
- Sensation: Mild
- Overall: None
- Cognition: mild
- Vision: none
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: none
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: none
- See profile
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- heidibug77
- 5mg as needed
- since Feb 12, 2009
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Efficacy
Major
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
None
- Advice/Tips I only take a half a 10mg pill, when I feel zapped. The whole thing, if I'm really exhausted. See full evaluation
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- heatheroh32
- Sex: F
- Flare-up: Severe
- Sensation: Moderate
- Overall: Mild
- Cognition: moderate
- Vision: moderate
- Speech: mild
- Swallowing: mild
- Upper limb: mild
- Walking: moderate
- See profile
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- heatheroh32
- 10 mg daily
- since Oct 31, 2008
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Efficacy
Moderate
for Fatigue
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Side Effects
Mild
- Advice/Tips have dr prescribe ambian or something to help with sleep while on it. See full evaluation
See all 28 patient evaluations
Report created on November 21, 2009.