Attentin
Attentin is a medicine that helps improve focus, attention, and reduce hyperactivity for people with ADHD.
Form
tabletti
Strength
20 mg
Active Ingredient
Dexamphetamine sulphate
Manufacturer
Medice Arzneimittel Pütter GmbH & Co. KG
How to Use
Dosage
Your doctor will decide your dose, usually starting with one Attentin tablet (5 mg). The dose may be slowly increased by one tablet each week, typically to 5–20 mg.
Method
Take Attentin tablets with water, preferably with or right after a meal. Take them at the same time in relation to meals each day. Do not take the last dose too late after lunch to avoid trouble sleeping. Tablets can be broken to make swallowing easier.
Important
The usual maximum daily dose is 20 mg, but your doctor may sometimes prescribe up to 40 mg.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Decreased appetite, slower weight gain and weight loss in children with long-term use.
- •Sleep problems.
- •Nervousness.
- •Irregular or fast heartbeat, feeling your heart beat strongly.
- •Stomach pain and/or cramps, nausea, vomiting, dry mouth.
- •Changes in blood pressure and heart rate (usually an increase).
- •Joint pain.
- •Dizziness or lightheadedness, twitching or involuntary movements, headache, hyperactivity.
- •Abnormal behavior, aggression, agitation, anorexia, anxiety, depression, irritability.
RARE
- •Chest pain (angina pectoris).
- •Problems with clear vision, blurred vision, dilated pupils.
- •Slowed growth in children with long-term use.
- •Fatigue.
- •Rash, hives.
- •Reduced red blood cells, which can make skin look pale and cause weakness or shortness of breath; changes in blood cell counts.
- •Cardiac arrest.
- •Tourette's syndrome.
- •Liver problems, ranging from high liver enzyme levels to liver coma.
- •Muscle cramps.
- •Seizures, involuntary movements, bleeding inside the skull.
- •Suicide, tics, worsening of existing tics.
- •Itchy red patches on the skin, peeling skin patches, recurring rash in the same spot each time the medicine is taken.
- •Inflammation and/or blockage of blood vessels in the spinal cord and brain.
- •Heart muscle disease, heart attack, sudden death.
- •Inflammation of parts of the large intestine due to reduced blood flow (ischemic colitis), diarrhea.
- •Chest pain, increased body temperature, allergic reactions.
- •Body acid-base balance disorder (acidosis).
- •Difficulty controlling movements (ataxia), dizziness, abnormal or weakened sense of taste, difficulty concentrating, hyperreflexia, stroke, tremors.
- •Confusion, addiction, feeling unwell, mood swings, euphoria, poor performance in cognitive tests, changes in sex drive, night terrors, obsessive-compulsive behavior, panic attacks, paranoia, restlessness.
- •Kidney damage.
- •Impotence.
- •Sweating, hair loss.
- •Circulation problems, numbness, tingling and color changes (white to blue then red) in fingers and toes when cold (Raynaud's phenomenon).
Important Warnings
- Do not give Attentin if your child is allergic to dexamfetamine, other amphetamines, or any other ingredients in this medicine.
- Do not give Attentin if your child has had heart problems like a heart attack, irregular heartbeat, heart failure, or a congenital heart defect.
- Do not give Attentin if your child has very high blood pressure or narrow blood vessels that cause pain in arms and legs.
- Do not give Attentin if your child has thyroid problems.
- Do not give Attentin if your child has high eye pressure (glaucoma).
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- Do not give Attentin if your child has a tumor on the adrenal gland (phaeochromocytoma).
- Do not give Attentin if your child has an eating disorder, does not feel hungry, or has no appetite (e.g., anorexia nervosa).
- Do not give Attentin if your child is currently taking or has taken a medicine for depression called an MAO inhibitor within the last 14 days.
- Tell your doctor if your child is having surgery. Attentin should not be taken on the day of surgery if certain anesthetics are used, as it can cause a sudden rise in blood pressure.