Your healthcare provider should check you or your child carefully for heart problems before starting treatment with CONCERTA®. Tell your healthcare provider if you or your child have any heart problems, heart disease, or heart defects.
Call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away if you or your child have any signs of heart problems such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or fainting during treatment with CONCERTA®.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you or your child have any new or worsening mental symptoms or problems during treatment with CONCERTA®, especially hearing voices, seeing or believing things that are not real, or new manic symptoms.
Tell your healthcare provider about all of the medicines that you or your child take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. CONCERTA® and some medicines may interact with each other and cause serious side effects. Sometimes the doses of other medicines will need to be changed during treatment with CONCERTA®. Your healthcare provider will decide whether CONCERTA® can be taken with other medicines.
Know the medicines that you or your child take. Keep a list of your or your child’s medicines with you to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you or your child get a new medicine.
Do not start any new medicine during treatment with CONCERTA® without first talking to your healthcare provider.
If you or your child take too much CONCERTA®, call your healthcare provider or Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away.
CONCERTA® may cause serious side effects, including:
The most common side effect of CONCERTA® in children is upper stomach-area (abdominal) pain.
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These are not all the possible side effects of CONCERTA®.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. You may also report side effects to Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 1-800-JANSSEN (1-800-526-7736).
Please see the full Prescribing Information including Boxed WARNING and the Medication Guide for CONCERTA®.
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CONCERTA® is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant prescription medicine used for the treatment of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children 6 years of age and older and adults up to 65 years of age. CONCERTA® may help increase attention and decrease impulsiveness and hyperactivity in people with ADHD.
It is not known if CONCERTA® is safe and effective in children under 6 years of age. CONCERTA® has not been studied in adults older than 65 years of age.
CONCERTA® is a federally controlled substance (CII) because it contains methylphenidate that can be a target for people who abuse prescription medicines or street drugs.
Keep CONCERTA® in a safe place to protect it from theft. Never give your CONCERTA® to anyone else because it may cause death or harm them. Selling or giving away CONCERTA® may harm others and is against the law.
Your healthcare provider should check you or your child carefully for heart problems before starting treatment with CONCERTA®. Tell your healthcare provider if you or your child have any heart problems, heart disease, or heart defects.
Call your healthcare provider or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away if you or your child have any signs of heart problems such as chest pain, shortness of breath, or fainting during treatment with CONCERTA®.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you or your child have any new or worsening mental symptoms or problems during treatment with CONCERTA®, especially hearing voices, seeing or believing things that are not real, or new manic symptoms.
Tell your healthcare provider about all of the medicines that you or your child take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. CONCERTA® and some medicines may interact with each other and cause serious side effects. Sometimes the doses of other medicines will need to be changed during treatment with CONCERTA®. Your healthcare provider will decide whether CONCERTA® can be taken with other medicines.
Know the medicines that you or your child take. Keep a list of your or your child’s medicines with you to show your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you or your child get a new medicine.
Do not start any new medicine during treatment with CONCERTA® without first talking to your healthcare provider.
If you or your child take too much CONCERTA®, call your healthcare provider or Poison Help line at 1-800-222-1222 or go to the nearest hospital emergency room right away.
CONCERTA® may cause serious side effects, including:
The most common side effect of CONCERTA® in children is upper stomach-area (abdominal) pain.
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These are not all the possible side effects of CONCERTA®.
Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088. You may also report side effects to Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. at 1-800-JANSSEN (1-800-526-7736).
Please see the full Prescribing Information including Boxed WARNING and the Medication Guide for CONCERTA®.
cp-180018v3
CONCERTA® is a central nervous system (CNS) stimulant prescription medicine used for the treatment of Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children 6 years of age and older and adults up to 65 years of age. CONCERTA® may help increase attention and decrease impulsiveness and hyperactivity in people with ADHD.
It is not known if CONCERTA® is safe and effective in children under 6 years of age. CONCERTA® has not been studied in adults older than 65 years of age.
CONCERTA® is a federally controlled substance (CII) because it contains methylphenidate that can be a target for people who abuse prescription medicines or street drugs.
Keep CONCERTA® in a safe place to protect it from theft. Never give your CONCERTA® to anyone else because it may cause death or harm them. Selling or giving away CONCERTA® may harm others and is against the law.