W926 - found in teenagers possession.

lorikthomas
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I see from an earlier post that this is Enalapril 20 mg An ACE inhibitor antihypertensive medication. Controls high blood pressure.

My question is why would my teenage son have it? He also had a pill marked 952 - which looks from search to be an ADD drug.


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Submitted by lorikthomas on April 11, 2007 - 8:12am. login or register to post comments

alkisses
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i would get that checked

i would get that checked out, make sure he isnt using that to get some sort of high off it.... intervene!


April 11, 2007 - 8:18am login or register to post comments

lorikthomas
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get it checked out where?is

get it checked out where?

is there some sort of "high" you get from taking blood pressure meds?  Or mixing with ADD meds? 



April 11, 2007 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

gtrplayer
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What color is the tablet,

What color is the tablet, and what besides 952 is on the tablet?

5mg Dextroamphetamine-Image courtesy GSM-Walls Medicine Center

5mg Prochlorperazine- Image courtesy GSM- Walls Medicine Center

The two drugs are completely different, if they look like either of these.

Also, taking a blood pressure drug not prescribed to the patient is dangerous, even though it does not produce a high.  If the teenager has a healthy blood pressure, and takes blood pressure medication, he/she may bottom out from low blood presssure.

 

 

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April 11, 2007 - 8:22am login or register to post comments

lorikthomas
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exact match to the first pic

exact match to the first pic - dexatroamphetamine.  Which is weird b/c he is ADD, but I have to fight with him to get him to take the Focalin prescribed for him by MD.

  



April 11, 2007 - 8:23am login or register to post comments

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Focalin contains

Focalin contains dexmethylphenidate, while the picture in the first pill contains dextroamphetamine, so the two are both ADD drugs, yet chemically different. I was hoping maybe he just didn't take his ADD medication and that's what you found.

Has his doctor prescribed any blood pressure meds for him that you know of? Stimulants can often cause the heart rate and blood pressure to go up.

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April 11, 2007 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

lorikthomas
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He hasn't taken his Focalin

He hasn't taken his Focalin for a couple weeks - I quite trying to force them down him after I found them stashed in a drawer - I figured if he wasn't taking them (he'd make it look like he did) anyway  - I was afraid he'd try to sell them at school.

He's never been prescribed blood pressure meds - never had a problem with his bp.



April 11, 2007 - 8:38am login or register to post comments