Methylphenidate Pharmacology

Real Life Pharmacology - Pharmacology Education for Health Care Professionals

Eric Christianson, PharmD; Pharmacology Expert and Clinical Pharmacist

Education, Health & Fitness, Medicine

5 • 716 Ratings

🗓️ 5 December 2019

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Methylphenidate has an FDA approved indication for ADHD. In this podcast episode, I cover the pharmacology, adverse effects, kinetics, and drug interaction.

Because methylphenidate has stimulant type effects, it can raise blood pressure and heart rate.

Weight, blood pressure, and pulse are important monitoring parameters in patients taking a stimulant type medication like methylphenidate.

There are numerous dosage forms of methylphenidate which can help accommodate many different patients' needs.

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0:00.0	Hey, all, welcome back to the Real Life Pharmacology podcast. I'm your host, Eric Christensen.
0:05.4	Thanks so much for listening today. I hope you pick up some clinical pearls that you can apply to your practice as you grow and evolve in your medication education, wherever you're at at this point.
0:19.3	So with that, you can track me down real-life pharmacology.com.
0:23.6	Also go take advantage of that free PDF, 31-page PDF,
0:28.6	with the top 200 drugs and important clinical pearls
0:33.1	that I've pulled out for each of those drugs.
0:36.1	A very unique resource for any health care provider.
0:41.7	You can also track me down on LinkedIn.
0:43.7	If you'd like to connect with me there,
0:46.2	feel free to do that as well.
0:48.4	So let's get into it today.
0:50.6	Methylphenidate is the medication of choice that I'm going to cover.
0:56.9	And there are lots of different formulations of methylphenidate.
1:03.8	There's extended release, immediate release, transdermal.
1:07.5	I'm not going to break those down a ton in this podcast, but definitely be aware that we can
1:16.3	utilize different formulations for different purposes based upon patient characteristic and
1:23.8	factors. With methamphetate, the primary use that I see this drug used for in clinical practice
1:33.0	is its stimulant type effects in the management of ADHD.
1:39.6	Rarely, I think I have seen it for narcolepsy.
1:44.4	I have seen it used off-label in depression as well.
1:50.9	So a few other uses that you may stumble into.
1:54.5	I also have seen it used in geriatric patients to help stimulate energy,
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