Posted by shefast on November 7, 2004, at 21:17:13
In reply to Re: strattera pushed on me - please help » shefast, posted by zeugma on November 7, 2004, at 13:29:01
thanks - i am curious, why did you stop taking it?
i am receiving benefits from the county i live in because i am flat broke and have no insurance. i have been informed that it is their "policy" that a new adhd patient must try wellbutrin for two months and if that doesn't work they go to strattera for two months. then if the strattera doesn't work they can go to stimulants. i've already been on wellbutrin, so that obviously doesn't work, thus i got to skip the first 2 months. i will not take strattera, but it remains to be seen how the county will deal with that.
i don't know if the doctor is allowed to prescribe stimulants anyway, but i have to pay for them? or do they permit patients who object to a certain medication to "skip it"? (i should get answers from them tomorrow)
almost everything i have read states that stimulants are considered first-line treatment for adhd, and strattera is a fallback if you can't tolerate stims. i have not found much touting strattera as a first treatment.
also, i am still on wellbutrin and can't find any info on the potential reaction between strattera and wellbutrin...
> I took Strattera for a year and discontinued it abruptly. There was no withdrawal.
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> Much of the research in the period since Strattera's release has focused not on Strattera's efficacy, but on its lack of abuse potential relative to stimulants. Numerous experiments have confirmed that monkeys are reluctant to intra-cranially inject themselves with atomoxetine, in contrast to Ritalin or Adderall.
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> You don't have to take a drug that is prescribed for you, or even fill the prescription. But I have never heard of a health plan telling their doctors what they can or cannot prescribe.
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> -z
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