Greetings,
My daughter (9years old) is taking 2, 18mg concerta in the morning, and 1, 18mg concerta when she gets home from school. My insurance changes with the new year, and the drug costs are going up. Does anyone know if there is a generic version of concerta? If her doctor changes her to something that is not time release, what "suprises" do we have in store? Her school is good about making sure the children get any meds, so if there is no time-release generic, then her getting the meds is not really a problem. I just wonder if a non-time release med will change the way she responds to the medicine.

Thanks for any tips or advice,

PS, this is my first post, and I too, have Adult ADHD (I am 40 and diagnosed 3 weeks ago and given 30mg generic Adarall)

Happy Christmas everyone from North Georgia, USA

Concerta is a form of Ritalin and there are different time-release forms (including Metadate), but I don't think there are any time-release, generic formulas.

Last year our prescription benefits changed where we were invited to pay a mere 30-percent of the cost on brand-name drugs month-to-month OR go with a mail-order prescription for 90-days for something like $60 on brand-names.

If you are happy with her meds and they are working, see if your insurance allows the 90-day, mail order option.