Once-daily CONCERTA® offers many benefits. These benefits are outlined below to help you to better understand the CONCERTA® difference.
Children with ADHD showed improvement in math tests
Research has demonstrated that children who took CONCERTA® for their ADHD treatment performed better on math tests by completing more math problems accurately throughout the day.
Learn more about children and academic performance.
Adolescents showed improved attention
A medical study has shown that CONCERTA® significantly improved attention in adolescents, which may allow more focus on tasks such as class participation, driving and chores.
Social interaction was improved
- Medical studies have also shown that methylphenidate, the medication in CONCERTA® , helped children with ADHD behave appropriately outside of the classroom, such as participating appropriately in activities on the playground and staying in assigned areas.
- CONCERTA® can help improve peer-to-peer interactions for children with ADHD. Click here to learn how.
- CONCERTA® can help improve interactions between adolescents with ADHD and their parents. Click here to learn how.
An established profile
- CONCERTA® is the #1 prescribed ADHD medication for children and adolescents with ADHD.
- Methylphenidate-the medication in CONCERTA®-has been used for over 50 years.
- The medication in CONCERTA® is recommended among first-line therapies by the American Academy of Pediatrics, as part of a comprehensive treatment program. Click here to learn how you and your family can create a comprehensive treatment program for your child.
- CONCERTA® is generally well tolerated in children and adolescents.
A unique OROS® delivery system
- Among all prescription ADHD medications, CONCERTA® is different in that it combines a medication called methylphenidate with the unique OROS® delivery system. This delivery system provides your child with an "extended release" of methylphenidate, which is slowly released at an increasing rate throughout the day.
- One dose of CONCERTA®, taken in the morning, delivers ADHD symptom management at the start of the day, and continues delivery through the school day into after-school hours. Click here to learn how the OROS® delivery system works.
A special child's diet has no effect
Initial blood levels of some
ADHD medications can be affected by what a child eats for breakfast, specifically a high-fat breakfast. The rate of absorption for once-daily CONCERTA® was not affected by food-even after eating a high-fat breakfast-so children taking CONCERTA® can eat what they want, when they want.
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