Amphetamine sulfate tablets, CII
(am fet' a meen sul' fate)
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What is the most important information I should know about amphetamine sulfate?
Amphetamine Sulfate may cause serious side effects, including:
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Abuse, misuse, and addiction. Amphetamine sulfate has a high chance for abuse and misuse and may lead to substance use problems, including addiction. Misuse and abuse of Amphetamine sulfate, other amphetamine-containing medicines, and methylphenidate, can lead to overdose and death. The risk of overdose and death is increased with higher doses of Amphetamine sulfate or when it is used in ways that are not approved, such as snorting or injection.
- Your healthcare provider should check you or your child's risk for abuse, misuse, and addiction before starting treatment with amphetamine sulfate and will monitor you or your child during treatment.
- Amphetamine sulfate may lead to physical dependence after prolonged use, even if taken as directed by your healthcare provider.
- Do not give amphetamine sulfate to anyone else. See "What is Amphetamine sulfate?" for more information.
- Keep amphetamine sulfate in a safe place and properly dispose of unused medicine. See "How should I store amphetamine sulfate tablets?" for more information.
- Tell your healthcare provider if you or your child have ever abused or been dependent on alcohol, prescription medicines, or street drugs.
Risks for people with serious heart disease
- Sudden death has happened in people who have heart defects or other serious heart disease.
Your healthcare provider should check you or your child carefully for heart problems before starting amphetamine sulfate.
Tell your healthcare provider if you or your child have any heart problems, heart disease, or heart defects.
Call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away if you or your child have any signs of heart problems such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or fainting during treatment with amphetamine sulfate.
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Increased blood pressure and heart rate.
Your healthcare provider should check you or your child's blood pressure and heart rate regularly during treatment with amphetamine sulfate.
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Mental (psychiatric) problems, including:
- new or worse behavior and thought problems
- new or worse bipolar illness
- new psychotic symptoms (such as hearing voices, or seeing or believing things that are not real) or new manic symptoms
Tell your healthcare provider about any mental problems you or your child have, or about a family history of suicide, bipolar illness, or depression.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you or your child have any new or worsening mental symptoms or problems during treatment with amphetamine sulfate, especially hearing voices, seeing or believing things that are not real, or new manic symptoms.
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What are amphetamine sulfate tablets?
Amphetamine sulfate tablets are a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant prescription medicine used for the treatment of:
- a sleep disorder called narcolepsy.
- Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Amphetamine sulfate tablets may help increase attention and decrease impulsiveness and hyperactivity in people with ADHD.
- exogenous obesity. Amphetamine sulfate tablets may be used as part of a short-term (a few weeks) weight reduction program for obesity in people who have not responded to other treatment.
Amphetamine sulfate is not for use in children with ADHD under 3 years of age.
It is not known if amphetamine sulfate is safe and effective in children with exogenous obesity under 12 years of age.
Amphetamine sulfate tablets are a federally controlled substance (CII) because it contains amphetamine that can be a target for people who abuse prescription medicines or street drugs. Keep amphetamine sulfate tablets in a safe place to protect it from theft. Never give your amphetamine sulfate tablets to anyone else, because it may cause death or harm them. Selling or giving away amphetamine sulfate tablets may harm others and is against the law.
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Do not take amphetamine sulfate tablets if you or your child:
- are allergic to amphetamine products or any of the ingredients in amphetamine sulfate tablets. See the end of this Medication Guide for a complete list of ingredients in amphetamine sulfate tablets.
- are taking or have taken within the past 14 days a medicine used to treat depression called a monoamine oxidase inhibitor (MAOI)
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Before taking amphetamine sulfate, tell your healthcare provider about all your or your child's medical conditions, including if you or your child:
- have heart problems, heart disease, heart defects, or high blood pressure
- have mental problems including psychosis, mania, bipolar illness, or depression, or have a family history of suicide, bipolar illness, or depression
- have circulation problems in fingers and toes
- have or have had seizures
- have or had repeated movements or sounds (tics) or Tourette's syndrome, or have a family history of tics or Tourette's syndrome
- are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. It is not known if amphetamine sulfate will harm the unborn baby. Tell your healthcare provider if you or your child become pregnant during treatment with amphetamine sulfate.
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Amphetamine sulfate passes into breast milk. You or your child should not breastfeed during treatment with amphetamine sulfate. Talk to your healthcare provider about the best way to feed the baby during treatment with amphetamine sulfate.
Tell your healthcare provider about all of the medicines that you or your child takes, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.
Amphetamine sulfate and some medicines may interact with each other and cause serious side effects. Sometimes the doses of other medicines will need to be adjusted during treatment with amphetamine sulfate.
Your healthcare provider will decide if amphetamine sulfate can be taken with other medicines.
Especially tell your healthcare provider if you or your child takes:
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- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs)
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- serotonin norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs)
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- medicines used to treat migraine headaches called triptans
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- tricyclic antidepressants
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Know the medicines that you or your child takes.
Keep a list of your or your child's medicines with you to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you or your child get a new medicine.
Do not start any new medicine during treatment with amphetamine sulfate without talking to your doctor first.
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How should amphetamine sulfate tablets be taken?
- Take amphetamine sulfate tablets exactly as prescribed by your or your child's healthcare provider.
- Your healthcare provider may change the dose if needed.
- The first dose of the day is usually taken when you first wake up.
- Amphetamine sulfate tablets may cause problems sleeping if taken late in the evening.
- Amphetamine sulfate tablets should be taken 30 to 60 minutes before meals if it is being used to treat exogenous obesity.
If you or your child take too much amphetamine sulfate tablets, call your healthcare provider or Poison Help line at 1-800- 222-1222 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away.
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What should I avoid while taking amphetamine sulfate tablets?
Do not drive, operate machinery, or do other dangerous activities until you know how amphetamine sulfate affects you.
What are the possible side effects of amphetamine sulfate?
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Amphetamine sulfate may cause serious side effects, including:
- See "What is the most important information I should know about amphetamine sulfate?"
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Slowing of growth (height and weight) in children. Children should have their height and weight checked often during treatment with amphetamine sulfate. Your healthcare provider may stop your child's amphetamine sulfate treatment if they are not growing or gaining weight as expected.
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Seizures. Your healthcare provider may stop treatment with amphetamine sulfate if you or your child have a seizure.
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Circulation problems in fingers and toes (peripheral vasculopathy, including Raynaud's phenomenon). Signs and symptoms may include:
- fingers or toes may feel numb, cool, painful
- fingers or toes may change color from pale, to blue, to red
Tell your healthcare provider if you or your child have numbness, pain, skin color change, or sensitivity to temperature in the fingers or toes.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you or your child have any signs of unexplained wounds appearing on fingers or toes during treatment with amphetamine sulfate.
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Serotonin syndrome. This problem may happen when amphetamine sulfate is taken with certain other medicines and may be life-threatening. Call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away if you or your child develop any of the following signs and symptoms of serotonin syndrome:
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○ agitation, hallucinations, coma
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○ fast heartbeat
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○ flushing
| ○ muscle stiffness or tightness
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○ seizures
| ○ changes in blood pressure
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○ sweating or fever
| ○ high body temperature (hypothermia)
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○ loss of coordination
| ○ nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
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New or worsening tics or worsening Tourette's syndrome. Tell your healthcare provider if you or your child get any new or worsening tics or worsening Tourette's syndrome during treatment with amphetamine sulfate.
The most common side effects of amphetamine sulfate include:
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○ headache
| ○ nervousness
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○ stomachache
| ○ dizziness
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○ trouble sleeping
| ○ sexual problems (impotence in males)
| ○ dry mouth
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○ decreased appetite
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| ○ weight loss
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○ unpleasant taste
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These are not all the possible side effects of amphetamine sulfate. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to Lannett Company, Inc. at 1-844-834-0530 or FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
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How should I store amphetamine sulfate?
- Store amphetamine tablets at room temperature between 68˚F to 77˚F (20˚C to 25˚C).
- Store amphetamine sulfate tablets in a safe place, like a locked cabinet.
- Dispose of remaining, unused, or expired amphetamine sulfate tablets by a medicine take-back program at a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) authorized collection site. If no take-back program or DEA authorized collector is available, mix amphetamine sulfate tablets with an undesirable, nontoxic substance such as dirt, cat litter, or used coffee grounds to make it less appealing to children and pets. Place the mixture in a container such as a sealed plastic bag and throw away amphetamine sulfate tablets in the household trash. Visit www.fda.gov/drugdisposal for additional information on disposal of unused medicines.
Keep amphetamine sulfate tablets and all medicines out of the reach of children.
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General information about the safe and effective use of amphetamine sulfate tablets.
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. Do not use amphetamine sulfate tablets for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give amphetamine sulfate tablets to other people, even if they have the same symptoms that you or your child have. It may harm them and it is against the law. You can ask your healthcare or pharmacist provider for information about amphetamine sulfate tablets that is written for health professionals.
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What are the ingredients in amphetamine sulfate tablets?
Active Ingredient: amphetamine sulfate
Inactive Ingredients: silicified microcrystalline cellulose, crospovidone and stearic acid. The 10 mg tablets also contain FD&C Blue #1 alum lake.
Manufactured by:
Aavis Pharmaceuticals
Hoschton, GA 30548
Distributed by:
Lannett Company, Inc.
Philadelphia, PA 19136
LCI: L7072C
AAV: L7029/03
Rev. 01/2024
For more information about amphetamine sulfate tablets, please contact Lannett Company, Inc. at 1-844-834-0530.
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This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
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