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Friday, May 15, 2009 DOC WATSON asks

Q: Can vyvanse be mixed in orange juice?

11 yr boy refuses to take pill.

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Merely Me, Health Guide
5/15/09 5:36pm

Hello

 

We do this for my son who takes Prozac...we crush it up and put it into his drink but I am unsure about Vyvanse. 

 

In researching your question it seems that other parents have done this.  There seems to be a question about whether or not this medication will be fully effective if you take it with a citrus drink.  But this article I found says this:

 

"It might be assumed that any acid food, like orange juice, would reduce amphetamine levels by both of these mechanisms.  But that turns out  not to be true. For example, orange juice is a highly acidic food due to its high citric acid content, but after being metabolized it causes the (body and) urine to become more alkaline.  So the effects of orange juice on amphetamine blood levels are mixed, and I don't know what effect predominates."

 

So I am going to suggest that you ask your son's doctor about this to make sure this would be an acceptable method.

 

Also here is a long forum thread where other parents discuss methods of helping the child who doesn't like to take pills.

 

Likewise here is another forum where this topic is also discussed.  One idea discussed is using the Daytrana patch.

 

Do discuss this issue with your son's doctor.  He or she will be the best person to let you know of ways to help with this.

 

Thank you for your question!

 

 

 

 

 

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1/ 8/11 2:29pm

It isn't the orange juice but the vitamin C in the juice that breaks down amphetamines, so you'll want to avoid anything with high vitamin C content.. or if you must, take the vitamin C an hour or two before taking your amphetamines

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2/21/11 6:39pm

My 6 year old son recently started taking Vyvanse.  He can not take a pill so we mix it in a siringe with water.  We at first had amazing results.  After he returned from the winter break his teacher called me to ask if he was still taking the medication.  We took him to his doctor to discuss the matter.  In our meeting we asked my son when he started to feel like the meds were ineffective.  He said that he noticed a difference when we started mixing it with Orange Juice.  The following morning  we returned to mixing it with water.  Mystery solved, by noon his teacher called to say that the meds were working once again.  Now I avoid giving him any juice in the morning and while it should be fine, I avoid Orange Juice all together. 

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By DOC WATSON— Last Modified: 02/21/11, First Published: 05/15/09