Elvanse
Elvanse is a medicine that helps your brain work better, improving your focus and making you less impulsive, with effects lasting up to 13 hours.
Form
kapseli, kova
Strength
20 mg
Active Ingredient
Lisdexamfetamine dimesylate
Manufacturer
Takeda Pharmaceuticals International AG Ireland Branch
How to Use
Dosage
The usual starting dose is 30 mg, but your doctor might start you on 20 mg and may increase it later.
Method
Take Elvanse in the morning before breakfast, with or without food. You can swallow the capsule whole with water, or open it and mix the contents into soft food like yogurt, water, or orange juice. Drink/eat the mixture right away.
Important
The maximum daily dose is 70 mg.
Possible Side Effects
COMMON
- •Feeling less hungry
- •Trouble sleeping
- •Dry mouth
- •Headache
- •Feeling agitated, tense, anxious, sad, irritated, or having mood swings
- •Feeling tired or restless
- •Problems with erections or changes in sex drive
- •Dizziness
- •Uncontrolled jerking, twitching, shaking, trembling, or unusual activity
- •Repeated tics (movements or sounds) that are hard to control
- •Fast or irregular heartbeat
- •High blood pressure
- •Difficulty breathing
- •Feeling sick, throwing up, or diarrhea
- •Constipation
- •Weight loss
- •Sweating a lot
- •Stomach pain
- •Grinding teeth
RARE
- •Fever
- •Talking a lot more than usual
- •Feeling sad, worried, down, or unusually happy or excited
- •Obsessive skin picking
- •Unusual sleepiness
- •Itching, rash, or red, itchy bumps (hives)
- •Blurred vision
- •Metallic taste in mouth or changes in taste
- •Fainting
- •Nosebleed
- •Very large pupils
- •Aggression
- •Poor blood circulation, causing numb and pale fingers and toes (Raynaud's phenomenon)
Important Warnings
- Do not take Elvanse if you are allergic to it or similar medicines.
- Do not take Elvanse if you are taking or have recently taken certain medicines for depression (MAOIs) within the last 14 days.
- Tell your doctor if you have any heart problems, like a heart attack, irregular heartbeat, or chest pain.
- Tell your doctor if you have high blood pressure or narrowed blood vessels.
- Tell your doctor if you have thyroid problems or high eye pressure (glaucoma).
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- Tell your doctor if you feel unusually excited, very active, or out of control.
- Tell your doctor if you have ever misused medicines, alcohol, or illegal drugs.
- Tell your doctor if you have kidney problems.
- Tell your doctor if you have had seizures (fits) or abnormal brain test results (EEG).
- Tell your doctor if you have repeated twitches, movements, or sounds (tics).
- Tell your doctor if you have had a stroke.
- Tell your doctor if you have any mental health problems, like mood swings, aggression, or seeing/hearing things that aren't real.
- Tell your doctor if you are pregnant, planning to be, or breastfeeding.