About Vyvanse for Children
Vyvanse is a once-daily medication approved for the treatment of ADHD in children aged 6 to 12. Vyvanse should be used as a part of a total treatment program that may include counseling or other therapies. Vyvanse has been shown to provide ADHD symptom control even at 13 hours after taking.
In a Vyvanse clinical study
- Children taking Vyvanse at 7 AM had ADHD symptom control at 8 PM
- In the same study, Vyvanse was shown to provide ADHD symptom control at 90 minutes after taking
- The most common side effects reported in this study were decreased appetite, trouble sleeping, headache, irritability, stomachache, affect lability (mood swings), vomiting, nausea and loss of appetite