How to Take INTUNIV
INTUNIV comes in 4 doses: 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg, and 4 mg. Your child should take INTUNIV exactly as prescribed by the doctor. Your child's doctor may start with a low dose and adjust the dose over time to manage your child's ADHD symptoms and side effects. This process may take a couple of weeks and is likely to occur at the beginning of treatment.
In 2 clinical studies with INTUNIV lasting 8 and 9 weeks, ADHD symptoms started to improve within
2 weeks. For most patients, symptom improvement continued over the course of the studies.
Your child should continue to take INTUNIV exactly as prescribed by your child's doctor—do not change your child's dose without consulting your child's doctor first.
Look below for more important information about how to give INTUNIV to your child.
- Have your child swallow an INTUNIV tablet whole with a small amount of water, milk, or other liquid. Tablets should not be crushed, chewed, or broken before swallowing. Tell the doctor if your child cannot swallow tablets whole.
- Do not give your child INTUNIV with a high-fat meal.
- Tell the doctor about all of the medicines that your child takes, including prescription and nonprescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. INTUNIV may affect the way other medicines work, and other medicines may affect how INTUNIV works.
- As with any prescription medicine, it is important to follow the doctor's directions when taking INTUNIV.
- Your child's doctor will check your child's blood pressure and heart rate while he or she takes INTUNIV.
- If your child takes too much INTUNIV, call your Poison Control Center or go to the nearest emergency room right away.
Talk with the doctor about what to do if your child does not take INTUNIV as prescribed.
