Comments on: Dr. Parker’s New Book on “ADHD Rx Rules”! http://adhdrollercoaster.org/adhd-medication/dr-parkers-new-book-on-adhd-rx-rules/ News and Essays about Adult ADHD, with author Gina Pera Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:14:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: The Masked ADDer http://adhdrollercoaster.org/adhd-medication/dr-parkers-new-book-on-adhd-rx-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-33203 The Masked ADDer Fri, 09 Jul 2010 23:46:43 +0000 http://adhdrollercoaster.org/?p=1144#comment-33203 Great post, Gina. It's astonishing how meds, whether for ADHD or not, are prescribed using only the most basic guidelines. For physicians, it typically boils down to selecting from one of three dosages (yup, that's usually the number), and determining the frequency based on the patient's weight and MAYBE their age and/or race. Very little titration typically gets done, and that's a terrible failure, 'cause it may easily lead to the patient dropping treatment because the dose is effectively too high for them due to genetic variation, thus preventing them from benefiting from a drug that otherwise could have been effective for them. This is a tragedy when one considers how few drugs we have in the first place -- losing one for such a bone-headed reason is a big deal... Great post, Gina. It’s astonishing how meds, whether for ADHD or not, are prescribed using only the most basic guidelines. For physicians, it typically boils down to selecting from one of three dosages (yup, that’s usually the number), and determining the frequency based on the patient’s weight and MAYBE their age and/or race.

Very little titration typically gets done, and that’s a terrible failure, ’cause it may easily lead to the patient dropping treatment because the dose is effectively too high for them due to genetic variation, thus preventing them from benefiting from a drug that otherwise could have been effective for them. This is a tragedy when one considers how few drugs we have in the first place — losing one for such a bone-headed reason is a big deal…

]]> By: ADHD Medication Rules: Affiliate Details http://adhdrollercoaster.org/adhd-medication/dr-parkers-new-book-on-adhd-rx-rules/comment-page-1/#comment-33196 ADHD Medication Rules: Affiliate Details Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:07:59 +0000 http://adhdrollercoaster.org/?p=1144#comment-33196 [...] Thanks Gina Pera for your excellent endorsement over at your ADHD Roller Coaster! [...] [...] Thanks Gina Pera for your excellent endorsement over at your ADHD Roller Coaster! [...]

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