Posted by Mitch on September 6, 2001, at 13:15:54
In reply to Re: Adderall -- AndrewB, posted by Laszlo on September 5, 2001, at 22:43:20
> Andrew,
>
> A friend of mine asked his doctor for Adderall for ADD. His doctor told him that Adderall gives diminishing returns in adults and warned that he would have to take more and more and would end up abusing. Instead, he put him on Wellbutrin. Any thoughts?
>
> LaszloProbably what the doctor is saying parenthetically is (let's try something that is not a controlled substance first because it makes me uptight to prescribe Schedule II hand carried prescriptions. The Adderall might work fine, but the reputation will get around and I will have people in here that are faking it to get the drugs and then I will wind up with a lawsuit or worse)
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