Open up the time release Adderall caplet?

greenfairy84 · 08-09-2004, 09:51 PM

Yesterday i had taken a 30 mil Adderall for the first time and was bouncing off the walls,it was terrible.It finally started to dwindle down after about 5 hrs i think and then i was still tweaked but not as much for a few more hrs.
I had to take some xanax to go to sleep which i still couldn't fall asleep until 7am and had taken another half awhile before then.I'm not sure the dosage of the xanax but it was 4 cubes and they were white.Anyway i woke up about 5 1/2 hrs later still with a nice xanax buzz,or grogginess,i don't know...
So today i opened up the Adderall tab and poured about 1/3 of it into my mouth too shorten the dosage.I felt a little more alert but still kinda groggy, so a few hrs later i took the pill with the remaining balls in it,and that was 2 1/2 hrs ago and i feel like i could lay down and go to sleep,i was VERY drowsy until i told my brother what i did and he flipped on me to not mess with time release tablets and you could OD on it,you never know; so i'm a little more alert now because of the anxiety provoked by that conversation.Anyway,could it be dangerous to do that or could it lessen the potency by exposing them to air or something? I don't wanna lay down and end up dead or something.Thanks for the help anyone.

feelbad · 08-10-2004, 08:54 AM

Please do not ever change in any way the delivery system for any med,espescially the time released type.This could very well cause an over dose of the medication as the way it is made and the amount of the medication dosage is set.and made to slowly release over a long period of time.when you remove that outer coating and expose those little balls in there to your stomach acid before it is time by taking the contents all at once,you are getting a huge increase in the normal/safe dosage limit,and getting a days worth of meds all at one time.Please don't do this again or you could end up in the ER of your local hospital getting your stomach pumped(that is only if they can catch it in time).please take any med the way it is supposed to be taken okay?Marcia

greenfairy84 · 08-10-2004, 06:06 PM

I really don't see the problem with it.I did it yesterday and it worked out so much better.Once the pill's outer coating dissolves in your stomach acid it is all exposed to your system right away the same way if you took some of it out and poured it down your throat with water.It's all going to the same place isn't it? Only in smaller doses this way.

Raes*Mom · 08-12-2004, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by greenfairy84

I really don't see the problem with it.I did it yesterday and it worked out so much better.Once the pill's outer coating dissolves in your stomach acid it is all exposed to your system right away the same way if you took some of it out and poured it down your throat with water.It's all going to the same place isn't it? Only in smaller doses this way.

Both my child's doctor and a relative's doctor have okay'd opening the capsule. I know of other parents who have also done the same. I've done it many times with my daughter when I'm starting her out again after a long holiday. Taking the full strength after a long break is just too much for her and I ease her into it. And, if I'm not mistaken, even my pharmicist told me it was okay. However, there are some medications that are dangerous to do this such as Straterra.