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HELP ON GETTING CHILD TO TAKE MEDS

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Guest hallyscomet

Hi,

 

Has anyone come up with a good plan that works. My son is taking concerta but it is sending me broke, I am looking for solutions that work for Ritalin heres the problem:

 

I have had to put my son on Concerta his AS is so severe he has to take 72MG PER DAY. Only Problem is I pay $195. AUST DOLLARS per month its so expensive, this is slow release and lasts up to 12 hours. I noticed him socialising a lot better on this. As without his medication he is like a loud happy drunk, out of control, running around the house, yelling out.

 

Ritalin has been just put on PBS and now on $4. AUST dollars per script. Only problem with this is that he needs to take 8 tablets a day and then that means every 2 1/2 hours. I bought him a watch with two alarms, but he would hear the alarm, get diverted and forget to take his tablet so it is an ongoing reminder and grind.

 

He has been taking Concerta for 9 months at the end of the day things are more peaceful, but Concerta is sending me broke. I truly cannot see any benefits to his day to day output or see any benefit - except for the peace.

 

If I could come up with a good plan that will help him remember his tablet, we could be saving sooooo much money each month.

 

PLEASE ANY ONE WITH A CHILD AS SEVERE AS MINE, I NEED SUCCESS STORIES AND HELPFUL TIPS PLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSEEE!!!!

 

Hailey :wallbash::wallbash::wallbash::sick::lol::lol::lol:

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Hi Hailey,

 

I'm sorry, I have no experience of this situation or these particular meds - but I do sympathise: it's hard enough trying to deal with meds twice a day let alone every 2 1/2 hours! There are times when I've forgotten to give my daughter her dose and she has gone to bed without it so I'm probably not the best person to advise anyone!

 

I can only suggest some kind of small reward - monetary, or a small chocolate perhaps ? which is given straight away every time he remembers without prompting: or something he gets at the end of the day if he has remembered them all. I hope someone comes along with more suggestions.

 

K

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I was told by a pharmacist that Ritalin is a time reacting drug, for example if 1 tablet lasts 2 hours 2 would last 4 hours. I am unsure how correct this is but may be worth looking into, as if thats the case then a dose could be given every 4/5 hours. I know when my son was becoming problematic at school by 2.30pm after taking a 10mg dosage at 12 midday it was increased to 15mg and he was fine until 4.30pm.

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Guest hallyscomet

Thats the problem Lill Me, my son is so severe, it takes two tablets to last only 2 1/2 hours, on a scale of one out of ten for the ADD part of it my son is an 11, some kid last with one or two tablets a day, but they would be a 4 on the scale of 1 to 10 thats what my sons specialists have advised me, to understand the quantity that he needs to take.

 

like a loud happy drunk, out of control, running around the house, yelling out.

If he goes beyond 3 hours, this is how he behaves, then it takes 40 minutes for the tablet to kick in and start working again. :unsure:

Cheers,

Hailey :tearful:

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Guest hallyscomet

Thanks Jaded

 

I will check with the Pharmacy the the doctor, as he went on one before Concerta I think it was called Ritalin LA and my son said it just didn't work for him, anyway thanks for that I will see if any of these will suit my son.

 

Regards

Hailey :)

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Thanks Jaded

 

I will check with the Pharmacy the the doctor, as he went on one before Concerta I think it was called Ritalin LA and my son said it just didn't work for him, anyway thanks for that I will see if any of these will suit my son.

 

Regards

Hailey :)

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All the meds listed are the same stuff just a different company name who makes it. I suppose we just have to be thanful to have the NHS over here, between my family of 4 we have 24 prescriptions most months, although I pay for the adult ones at least its less than cost price of the meds.

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Lill me,

 

Thats the thing none of these drugs are on what we call the PBS so we have to pay full price.

 

Like Risperdol, if you are a classified Schizophrenic you get it on PBS for $4. AUD

but for my son I have to pay $75.90 AUD

 

I will look into some of those other drugs and see if the doc. thinks they are as effective as concerta for my son. Thanks for your help.

 

Regards

Hailey :)

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My girlfriend has trouble remembering her pills but loves chocolate so we have a pill organiser. its like a box split in to lots of little boxes each with a time on them and inside each box is her pill and a chocolate button so if she remembers her pill she gets the chocolate. We use to use �1 coins but when they increased her meds it became quite expensive! Another one I have used before is putting a token / ticket in the little boxes and at the end of the day if she she all 6 tickets she gets a small toy or something like that.

Hope that may be of some use to you.

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