Comments on: Daytrana: The ADHD Patch

By: Patricia Hotz

Patricia Hotz — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 21:23:17 +0000

This note is for Sharon. She should check with her son’s physician. I am familiar with a similar ‘taste’ issue, and that problem was solved easily because Daytrana is also available as a ‘patch’.

By: Dena

Dena — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 03:11:18 +0000

My 8 year old daughter has been depressed and miserable ever since starting the patch 2 months ago. It doesn’t seem to be helping is school either. Taking her off of it. I do not like the patch at all!

By: Donna

Donna — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:06:15 +0000

My 8 year old stepson is taking the patch Monday-Friday, but his mother does not give it to him on the weekend. He seems fine until bed time when he claims he is scared and even says he is hearing voices. Is this possible or is this just an excuse as he has heard his parents talking about side effects from this medicine? Please help!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:05:23 +0000

Did it prevent the rashes completely?

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 17:04:35 +0000

You can read my post below. My 8 yr old son has the exact same problem! His rashes got so bad that his whole body broke out in a red rash. This was even after using prescription Anti-itch and antibiotic creams on the rashes. His rashes turned into sores because they were so itchy and he got to where he would take the patch off as soon as he got to school. We also had to resort to putting the patches on his upper thighs with the same result so his poor body looks awful! I will ask the doctor about Nasonex from post below but right now we cannot contiue with the patches. He also refuses to take any form of oral medication and any sort of force we try to use on getting it down him just results in his throwing it back up. It really is a nightmare for us! Without the medication he simply cannot function at school!

By: Sharon

Sharon — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 16:53:25 +0000

My 8 year old has ADHD and simply refuses to take any form of ADHD medication if it tastes bad or even if he just “thinks” it tastes bad. We have tried Vyvanse – sprinkled over some sort of food. That lasted for a little while until he started to refuse it, then we tried Daytrana(the patch). I thought Daytrana was going to be an answer to our prayers! Just put it on and off he goes UNTIL the rashes started. Everywhere we put the patch it formed a raised, extremely red and itchy place the size of the patch. We tried different places but all that resulted in was more sore skin for him. Eventually these irriated places became sores (from his scraching) and then infection. So we have had to discontinue them again. We have tried using the patch a year apart to see if maybe the manufacturer corrected the irritation problem but to no avail. Same thing happened second time around. We tried Focalin for a while by opening the pill and sprinkling the beads into sugar. That too worked for a short period of time until he decided it tasted to bad to tolerate anymore. We need help! He refuses to take any form of medicine except ironically he will chew Gummy Vitamins! When he is sick and needs antibiotics I have to get him Amoxicillian because the taste is not as bad as any other antibiotic liquid. Even then it is a terror to get him to take that. We have tried teaching hin to swallow pills using every trick possibly but the fear of getting choked is too great for him to overcome! I am at my wits end!

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 18:37:27 +0000

Denise,
We too noticed his patch was not as effective and discussed with his doctor. He told us we would need to adjust his dose yearly because of growth. Last year we used the 10mg (he was 7) this year we cut the 15 mg patch down to about a 12 mg.

By: Denise

Denise — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:28:02 +0000

What strength is his dosage? We are trying to decide if my son’s weight change has anything to do with the medicine not working the way it did last year. Wondering if we need to increase it.

By: Angie Goins

Angie Goins — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 17:16:22 +0000

Heather, how is your son doing and were you able to get help so he could wear the patch to school?

By: Vanessa

Vanessa — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 15:06:22 +0000

Nathalie,
We too are great fans of the patch and had some skin issues. Our doctor gave us a Rx for Nasonex – the stuff you spray up your nose. It has a seroid in it that helps heal the skin quickly. You spray it on your son’s skin, let it dry and then apply the patch. We were amazed how well it worked. Now he doesn’t have the itchy skin and scratch himself raw.