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Take 10mg of adderall at 9am and 3 pm last about 6 hours each other than once a day dosing is there any advantage to 20 mg extended release once?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Extended release: The brain likes things to go smoothly. With an extended release formula you are more likely to get a sustained controlled release of the ingredients. This is as opposed to a rapid increase in dose that will occur twice followed by a period of time where the effects of the medication are dwindling.

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