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The drug of the day today is dextroamphetamine.

As you could imagine with the ending of that name, amphetamine,

it is going to have similar effects to amphetamines in general, so obviously it's going to be a

stimulant type medication. Brand name, Dexidrine, Procentra, zanzetti, Zelstrom. Interestingly, Zelstrom is relatively new.

That is a patch formulation. Its primary use is going to be ADHD. And dosing on that one is

4.5 to 18 milligrams in that patch formulation.

That's kind of the dosing range, four different dosages.

And as you could imagine, for ADHD, we typically only do treatment during the course of the day.

So that patch is actually uniquely left on for a nine hour period,

which is kind of a little bit of a different time slot for that.

So pay attention to that. You might see it.

I haven't seen it yet in practice.

Obviously it's very, very expensive at this point, being relatively new. So maybe you won't see it. I haven't seen it yet in practice. Obviously, it's very, very expensive at this

point being relatively new. So maybe you won't see it, but I just wanted to mention that new

product that's out there. Definitely other dosage forms as well. So immediate release formulation,

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