Follow all directions on your prescription label and read all medication guides or instruction sheets. Your doctor may occasionally change your dose. Use the medicine exactly as directed.
Dexedrine Spansule may be habit-forming. Misuse can cause addiction, overdose, serious heart problems or death. Keep the medication where others cannot get to it. Selling or giving away this medicine is against the law.
Dexedrine Spansule is sometimes taken 2 or 3 times per day. Extended-release this medicine is taken only once per day.
Apply the patch to clean, dry, hairless skin. Press firmly into place for about 10 seconds. Leave the patch on while bathing, showering, or swimming. Apply the patch 2 hours before the effect is needed and remove the patch within 9 hours after application.
Choose a different place on your body each time you apply a new patch. Do not apply to the same skin twice in 7 days. Do not wear more than one patch at a time. Use only 1 patch per day. Never cut a skin patch.
Swallow the Dexedrine Spansule extended release capsule whole and do not crush, chew, break, or open it.
Measure liquid medicine with the supplied measuring device (not a kitchen spoon).
Your doctor will need to check your progress on a regular basis. You may need medical tests. Tell any doctor who treats you that you are using this medicine.
Your dose needs may change if you switch to a different brand, strength, or form of this medicine. Avoid medication errors by using only the medicine your doctor prescribes.
Store at room temperature away from moisture, heat, and light.
Read and carefully follow the instructions provided with this medicine about how to safely dispose of any unused portion. Do not flush Dexedrine Spansule skin patch down the toilet.
Dexedrine spansule Dosage information (more detail)