• trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I am on another form of Methylphenidate (Medikinet CR) and it has not been great.

    Thought I heard that the side effects tend to be better with Concerta than the one I’m on.

    • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca
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      7 months ago

      Apparently the official Concerta version has some trademarked time-release technology, so it’s a series of small evenly-spaced doses.
      I don’t know what about it is trademarked but it makes it very hard to compete with.

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        7 months ago

        I’ll have to ask my doc about Concerta then, it’s supposed to be available here but apparently pharmacies have a hard time sourcing it :/

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      7 months ago

      It definitely has the least side effects out of any of them for me, which is why I settled for it. It might work for you too.