Strattera 25 mg

Strattera 25 mg is a major tranquillizer used for the treatment of ADHD symptoms including inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsiveness. It helps improve the ability to focus, pay attention, and control impulsive behaviour.

What is Strattera 25 mg Used For?

• It helps to improve attention, hyperactivity, and behaviour problems.
• This medication changes the way your brain breaks down and absorbs information from the things you see, hear, feel, taste and smell.
• It works by changing the levels of serotonin and norepinephrine in the brain.
• It also helps with memory issues associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Doctor’s Advice

• The use of Strattera must be carefully supervised by a doctor.
• Do not change your dose or medicine unless your doctor tells you to do so.
• Always take the medication exactly as prescribed by your doctor once or twice a day with a full glass of water.
• Check the expiry date before buying it.
• Take the medicine one in the morning and the other late in the afternoon with or without food.
• Do not crush, chew or break this medicine and avoid misusing it.
• Never share or use this medication for other conditions unless your doctor tells you to.
• The starting dose should be the lowest and increase according to your health condition with the doctor’s permission.
• Use this medicine every day regularly at the same time to get a good result, and get a refill before you run out of medicine.
• Avoid drinking alcohol or drugs while you are on your Strattera medication.
• It is a habit-forming medicine and can become an addiction in regular use also, so be careful while using it.
• Your regular heart rate, blood pressure, height and weight check-up is mandatory.
• At a point, your doctor may change the amount of the dose to get good results.
• Always Buy Strattera 25 mg from a trusted store with the proper prescription.
• Keep it in an airtight container, away from everyone’s reach.
• Before using it tell your doctor if any one of your family had; bipolar disorder,  psychosis, depression, mental illness, suicidal thoughts or actions, low blood pressure, or liver disease.

Who Must Avoid Using It?

• Someone under 6 years old should avoid using it.
• Do not use this medicine if you have an adrenal gland tumour, heart disease, coronary artery disease, narrow-angle glaucoma, or moderate to severe high blood pressure.
• Avoid taking it if you have taken MAO phenelzine, isocarboxazid, phenelzine, linezolid, methylene blue injection, and tranylcypromine in the last 14 days.
• If you are suffering from; mental illness, bipolar disorder, psychosis, suicidal thoughts or actions, low blood pressure, liver disease, seizure disorder, history of depression, anxiety disorder, severe heart or blood vessel problems, narrow-angle glaucoma and pheochromocytoma (tumour of the adrenal gland) then you must inform it to your doctor.
• A person with allergic to this medicine or to any ingredient of it should avoid using it.
• Strattera should not be taken if you are pregnant, nursing or have any history of depression, anxiety disorder, seizure disorder or other pre-existing mental health condition
• An alcohol or drug-addicted person should avoid using it.

 Side Effects of Strattera 25 mg:

Your chance of getting side effects may be higher when you used it in an inappropriate way. Taking the doses more than prescribed or for a longer time leads to side effects. The effects are severe as well as common sometimes.

Common Side Effects

• Nausea
• Vomiting
• mood changes
• Insomnia
• feeling tired
• Impotence
• trouble having an erection
• upset stomach
• constipation
• dry mouth
• loss of appetite;
• increased sweating
• Dizziness
• urination problems

Serious Side Effects

• Painful or difficult urination
• Signs of psychosis – new behaviour problems, aggression, hallucinations (seeing or hearing things that are not real), hostility, paranoia;
• Symptoms of heart problems – trouble breathing, chest pain, feeling like you might pass out
• erection is painful or lasts longer than 4 hours
• Liver problems – dark urine, jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes), stomach pain (upper right side), itching, flu-like symptoms

Strattera 25 mg pills Interaction

There are some drugs, medicines, vitamins, herbs and medication whose interaction with Strattera may slow down the effectiveness or may cause side effects. So avoid using;

• Lexapro (escitalopram)
• Melatonin
• Omeprazole
• Adderall (amphetamine / dextroamphetamine)
• bupropion
• Fruit juice, and beverages containing caffeine(tea, coffee) and alcohol.
• an antidepressant
• asthma medication
• Prozac (fluoxetine)
• Zoloft (sertraline)
• Abilify (aripiprazole)
• clonazepam
• Seroquel (quetiapine)
• Trazodone
• Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
• Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine)
• Wellbutrin XL (bupropion)
• clonidine
• Concerta (methylphenidate)
• Cymbalta (duloxetine)
• gabapentin
• hydroxyzine
• Lamictal (lamotrigine
• Vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol)
• Vyvanse (lisdexamfetamine)
• Wellbutrin XL (bupropion)
• a cold or allergy medicine that contains a decongestant such as pseudoephedrine or phenylephrine.
• Using any medicines for Parkinson’s disease, migraine headaches, serious infections, depression, mental illness, or prevention of vomiting and nausea
• MAO includes; phenelzine, isocarboxazid, phenelzine, linezolid, methylene blue injection, and tranylcypromine.
• clonidine

What are the different strengths of Strattera?

Strattera is available in seven different variants, with different strengths. Doctors prescribe these all in different cases, according to age, weight and height. It is most important to take these medicines with a doctor’s permission.

• Strattera 10 mg
• Strattera 18 mg
• Strattera 25 mg
• Strattera 40 mg
• Strattera 60 mg
• Strattera 80 mg
• Strattera 100 mg

Steps to Store it Safely

• Store the Strattera in the original bottle.
• Keep it away from direct moisture, heat or light and store the bottle in a dry place at room temperature.
• Do not store it in a refrigerator or freezer.
• Do not mix it with other liquids and do not inject it into the body.
• Keep this medicine out of the reach of children and pets. It must not be given to anyone else even if their symptoms seem the same as yours.
• Take this medicine at around the same time each day, with or without food.