Adderall in Adults & Article

[Dave66]

I just started on Adderall XR after failing with Stratterra, and noticed it is "for children" officially. In fact my doc had to call ins co because they said they wouldn't honor script since it was for kids! (I'm a 37 year old kid). Anyway that got taken care of finally but got me wondering...

Do you think it will ever be approved officially for adults?

I did find a good article about a study by the mfg, that I thought I'd share too. Short answer was in 18 month study it helped adults (avg age 40), but it didn't mention if they are seeking approval.

http://www.pharma-lexicon.com/medica...=phChiPlcKNkgQ

[Gregster]

ADHD drugs are unique in that more studies have been done on children than on adults - usually it's the other way around. Only in the last few years has adult ADHD been a commonly recognized diagnosis, and now that drug companies realize that there is an untapped market of adults who where missed as children I think you will see more companies going through the approval process for "Adult ADHD". Insurance companies use such loopholes to pay out as little as possible, I guess. Glad you managed to sort it out - was it difficult to get them to pay?
Regards,
Greg

[Tara]

Actually Adderall XR was given FDA approval for adult AD/HD in November of 2003.

Here's is a link with the info
http://www.datamonitor.com/~f8213e86...20bfhc0654.htm

[Dave66]

They actually had no problem paying, once the doc called them and said it was OK. I 1/2 wonder if it was a flag for potential abuse? It was a hassle but not real bad I guess.

I see from that article that it received some sort of letter about approval...is it fully approved yet? Their own web site doesn't even talk about adults that I could see. I wonder if it's in progress perhaps so they can't state it yet.