METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE- methamphetamine hydrochloride tablet 
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MEDICATION GUIDE

METHAMPHETAMINE HYDROCHLORIDE TABLETS, USP CII
(metham-fetă-mēn hīdrŏ-klōrīd)

5 mg

Read the Medication Guide that comes with methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets before you or your child starts taking it and each time you get a refill.

There may be new information. This Medication Guide does not take the place of talking to your or your child's doctor about your or your child's treatment with methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets.

What is the most important information I should know about methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets?

The following have been reported with use of methamphetamine hydrochloride 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 or your child's doctor if you or your child have any heart problems, heart defects, high blood pressure, or a family history of these problems.

Your or your child's doctor should check you or your child carefully for heart problems before starting methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets.

Your or your child's doctor should check you or your child's blood pressure and heart rate regularly during treatment with methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets.

Call your or your child's 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 methamphetamine hydrochloride 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 or your child's doctor about any mental problems you or your child have, or about a family history of suicide, bipolar illness, or depression.

Call your or your child's doctor right away if you or your child have any new or worsening mental symptoms or problems while taking methamphetamine hydrochloride 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 methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets.

What are methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets?

Methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets are a central nervous system stimulant prescription medicine. It is used for the treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder; (ADHD).

Methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets may help increase attention and decrease impulsiveness and hyperactivity in patients with ADHD.

Methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets should be used as a part of a total treatment program for ADHD that may include counseling or other therapies.

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

Tell your or your child's 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.

Who should not take methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets?

Methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets should not be taken if you or your child:

  • have heart disease or hardening of the arteries
  • have moderate to severe high blood pressure
  • have hyperthyroidism
  • have an eye problem called glaucoma
  • are agitated
  • have a history of drug abuse
  • are taking or have taken within the past 14 days an antidepression medicine called a monoamine oxidase inhibitor or MAOI.
  • are sensitive to, allergic to, or had a reaction to other stimulant medicines

Methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets are not recommended for use in children less than 6 years old in the treatment of ADHD.

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

  • heart problems, heart defects, high blood pressure
  • mental problems including psychosis, mania, bipolar illness, or depression
  • tics or Tourette's syndrome
  • thyroid problems
  • diabetes
  • seizures or have had an abnormal brain wave test (EEG)
  • circulation problems in fingers and toes

Tell your or your child's doctor if you or your child is pregnant, planning to become pregnant, or breastfeeding.

Can methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets be taken with other medicines?

Tell your or your child's doctor about all of the medicines that you or your child take including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

Methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets and some medicines may interact with each other and cause serious side effects. Sometimes the doses of other medicines will need to be adjusted while taking methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets.

Your or your child's doctor will decide whether methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets can be taken with other medicines.

Especially tell your or your child's doctor if you or your child takes:

  • anti-depression medicines including MAOIs
  • anti-psychotic medicines
  • blood pressure medicines
  • insulin
  • seizure medicines

Know the medicines that you or your child takes. Keep a list of your medicines with you to show your doctor and pharmacist.

Do not start any new medicine while taking methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets without talking to your or your child's doctor first.

How should methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets be taken?

  • Take methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets exactly as prescribed.Your or your child's doctor may adjust the dose until it is right for you or your child.
  • Methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets are usually taken 1 or 2 times each day.
  • From time to time, your or your child's doctor may stop methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets treatment for a while to check ADHD symptoms.
  • Your or your child's doctor may do regular checks of the blood, heart, and blood pressure while taking methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets. Children should have their height and weight checked often while taking methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets. Methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets treatment may be stopped if a problem is found during these check-ups.
  • If you or your child takes too much methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets or overdoses, call your or your child's doctor or poison control center right away, or get emergency treatment.

What are possible side effects of methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets?

See " What is the most important information I should know about methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets?" for information on reported heart and mental problems.

Other serious side effects include:

  • slowing of growth (height and weight) in children
  • seizures, mainly in patients with a history of seizures
  • eyesight changes or blurred vision

Common side effects include:

  • fast heart beat
  • tremors
  • trouble sleeping
  • stomach upset
  • dry mouth
  • decreased appetite
  • headache
  • dizziness
  • weight loss

Methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets may affect your or your child's ability to drive or do other dangerous activities.

Talk to your or your child's doctor if you or your child has side effects that are bothersome or do not go away.

This is not a complete list of possible side effects.

Ask your or your child's doctor or pharmacist for more information.

Call your or your child's doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch or Mayne Pharma at 1-844-825-8500.

How should I store methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets?

  • Store methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets in a safe place. Store at 20° to 25°C (68° to 77°F). [See USP Controlled Room Temperature.] Protect from light.
  • Keep methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets and all medicines out of the reach of children.

General information about methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets:

Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in a Medication Guide. Do not use methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets to other people, even if they have the same condition. It may harm them and it is against the law.

This Medication Guide summarizes the most important information about methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets. If you would like more information, talk with your or your child's doctor. You can ask your or your child's doctor or pharmacist for information about methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets that was written for healthcare professionals.

For more information about methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets, contact Mayne Pharma at 1-844-825-8500.

What are the ingredients in methamphetamine hydrochloride tablets?

Active Ingredient:methamphetamine hydrochloride, USP

Inactive Ingredients:Corn starch, lactose monohydrate, stearic acid and talc

This Medication Guide has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Medication Guides available at products.maynepharma.com or call 1-844-825-8500.

Manufactured by:
Mayne Pharma
Greenville, NC 27834

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Rev. 03/2022

Revised: 7/2023
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