MEDICATION GUIDE

What is the most important information I should know about Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets?

The following have been reported with use of Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets and other stimulant medicines.

1. Heart-related problems:

•   sudden death in patients who have heart problems or heart defects
•   stroke and heart attack in adults
•   increased blood pressure and heart rate

Tell your doctor if you or your child have any heart problems, heart defects, high blood pressure, or a family history of these problems.

Your doctor should check you or your child carefully for heart problems before starting Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets.

Your doctor should check your or your child's blood pressure and heart rate regularly during treatment with Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets.

Call your doctor right away if you or your child has any signs of heart problems such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or fainting while taking Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets.

2. Mental (Psychiatric) problems:

All Patients

•   new or worse behavior and thought problems
•   new or worse bipolar illness
•   new or worse aggressive behavior or hostility

Children and Teenagers

•   new psychotic symptoms (such as hearing voices, believing things that are not true, are suspicious) or new manic symptoms

Tell your doctor about any mental problems you or your child have, or about a family history of suicide, bipolar illness, or depression.

Call your doctor right away if you or your child have any new or worsening mental symptoms or problems while taking Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets, especially seeing or hearing things that are not real, believing things that are not real, or are suspicious.

3.  Circulation problems in fingers and toes [Peripheral vasculopathy, including Raynaud's phenomenon]:

•   Fingers or toes may feel numb, cool, painful
•   Fingers or toes may change color from pale, to blue, to red

Tell your doctor if you have or your child has numbness, pain, skin color change, or sensitivity to temperature in your fingers or toes.

Call your doctor right away if you have or your child has any signs of unexplained wounds appearing on fingers or toes while taking Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets.

Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets may not be right for you or your child. Before starting Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets tell your or your child's doctor about all health conditions (or a family history of) including:

•   circulation problems in fingers and toes.

Dextroamphetamine Sulfate is a federally controlled substance (CII) because it can be abused or lead to dependence. Keep Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets in a safe place to prevent misuse and abuse. Selling or giving away Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets may harm others, and is against the law.

Tell your doctor if you or your child have (or have a family history of) ever abused or been dependent on alcohol, prescription medicines or street drugs.