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A member asked:
How do you develop a tolerance on a med like ritalin (methylphenidate)? and how can you get rid of it ?
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Some people do : Develop a tolerance to it. We have to differentiate however tolerance to the feelings of being high that someone may feel from it as opposed to intolerance to the positive beneficial therapeutic effects of the drug. It is possible to develop tolerance to one but not the other. If tolerance developed to both that we look for another agent to use. Best wishes.
Answered 11/28/2013
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