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Ritalin vs Adderall - What's the difference?

ritalin | adderall |

As proper nouns the difference between ritalin and adderall

is that ritalin is (pharmaceutical drug) a trademark for methylphenidate used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder while adderall is (trademark) a psychostimulant medication containing amphetamine and believed to work by increasing the amount of dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain.

ritalin

English

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (pharmaceutical drug) A trademark for methylphenidate used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.

    • adderall

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (trademark) A psychostimulant medication containing amphetamine and believed to work by increasing the amount of dopamine and norepinephrine in the brain.
  • * "Doctors and the media have helped to create the belief that the best way to treat ADD/ADHD is with stimulant medications, such as Ritalin or Adderall". -- Jay Gordon, The ADD and ADHD Cure: The Natural Way to Treat Hyperactivity and Refocus Your Child

    • References

  • "Adderall XR prescribing information" . Shire US. March 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  • "ADDERALL (CII)" (PDF). FDA. March 2007. Retrieved 2009-06-23.