Adderall and Adderall XR - Any Difference?

There is a difference between "common" Adderall and Adderall XR. XR means "extended release", i. e., the dose of the medication is released into the systme during a longer period of time as compared to the instant-release form. The effect is achieved due to the special formulation of Adderall XR which consists of four different amphetamine salts metabolized at different rates. They are:

dextroamphetamine saccharate dextroamphetamine sulfate (racemic dextro/levo-amphetamine) aspartate monohydrate (racemic dextro/levo-amphetamine) sulfate

That is why the extended-release form of the medication has a milder action as compared to single-salt amphetamine preparations. Adderall XR is a later product by Shire Pharmaceuticals. It was put on the market in 2001, five years after instant-release form of Adderall brand.

What is Adderall?

What sort of medication is Adderall? And what makes it so popular? Adderall is a psychostimulant used mainly to treat attention deficit or hyperacive disorder (ADHD), especially in children. It helps the brain concentrate, and students widely use it when they have to do a lot of studying, preparing for exams. It is used for the treatment of narcolepsy - a condition when a person cannot sleep well at night and feels extremely tired and sleepy during the day. Adderall has proved to be effective in cases when standard antidepressants do not work properly (in patients suffering of treatment-resistant depression). Also, having a quality of suppressing appetite, Adderall is even sometimes used as a weight loss medication!

Why Adderall, not something else? The matter is that Adderall is a compound medication. It consists of a mixture of several amphetamine salts, each of the salts having some special features and thus affecting the system in complex. Other medications that can be called Adderall's equivalents, such as Vyvanse or Dexedrine, are single salts that lack unique properties of Adderall's mixture.

We are launching this blog to make everybody more familiar with Adderall's features, effects and usage. We also hope to keep our readers well informed about the latest Adderall news from all over the world. So, hello! Welcome! And let us keep in touch!