Posted by Maxime on June 13, 2005, at 22:45:29
In reply to Maxime - question about Adderall, posted by Sarah T. on June 13, 2005, at 20:27:37
I know about the deaths, and that is why Health Canada pulled the med. There were some who had strokes as well.
Who knows why the immediate release tablets were not available. We only had the XR a short time before they pulled it.
:( Can you tell I am not happy about the whole thing?
Maxime
> Maxime,
> I was wondering why immediate release Adderall was never available in Canada? Do you know why? Someone told me that the immediate release was not available in Canada because it was considered more "abusable" than the sustained release. I find that hard to believe. If abusers are that intent on abusing, I'm sure they'll find a way.
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> Another thing I wanted to mention is that, although I haven't read up on the details of the withdrawal in Canada, I did hear that some children (was it 12 or 14 children?) had died while on Adderall XR. I may be completely wrong, but I suspect that when a thorough investigation is completed, they will find that those deaths were not necessarily caused by Adderall alone. They were probably caused by risky drug combinations that the patients were unable to tolerate due to genetic polymorphisms in liver enzymes and/or the patients had underlying, congenital cardiovascular abnormalities or other predisposing factors for cardiovascular "events."
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