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Adderall XR and surgery
Answered by
Roger Gould, M.D. - Mental Health, Wellness
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Adderall XR and surgery
by lettuce323, May 26, 2007 12:00AM
Hi All,
I was wondering if anyone knew if Adderall (adderrall) XR has any affects on surgery? Does it interfere with coagulation? I will be having surgery in two weeks and my MD recommended that I taper my dose down before the procedure. I still have to work and find it exrememly difficult to get anything done without taking the medicine. I am on 20mg once per day.
Thank you for anyone's feedback. :)
I was wondering if anyone knew if Adderall (adderrall) XR has any affects on surgery? Does it interfere with coagulation? I will be having surgery in two weeks and my MD recommended that I taper my dose down before the procedure. I still have to work and find it exrememly difficult to get anything done without taking the medicine. I am on 20mg once per day.
Thank you for anyone's feedback. :)
Doctor's Answer
by Roger Gould, M.D., May 28, 2007 12:00AM
, May 28, 2007 12:00AM
In this case, its your surgeon's recommendation you should follow. Since adderall (adderrall) effects the sympathetic nervous system it probably creates some additional challenge to your body during surgery, which has a large effect on that same aspect of your bodily functioning.
So i am curious to know what you found out and why to you need to lower the does before surgeries?