Comparative efficacy and safety of lisdexamfetamine dimesylate and mixed amphetamine salts extended release in adults with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Primary Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 44-54

  Lasser, Robert ^a   Dirks, Bryan ^a   Adeyi, Ben ^b   Babcock, Thomas ^a  

^a SHIRE   (United States)

^b Shire Development Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE; LISDEXAMFETAMINE; PLACEBO;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGITATION; ANOREXIA; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECREASED APPETITE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIARRHEA; DIZZINESS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; NERVOUSNESS; POST HOC ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; VITAL SIGN; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 78649668276     PISSN: 10826319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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