How well does the long-acting form of Ritalin work?
The long-acting form of Ritalin requires only one dose every six to eight hours. Its primary benefit is that the school doesn’t have to administer a lunchtime dose. For that reason, we may use it if the child is in a school that refuses to give the lunchtime medication. But I find–as do many of my colleagues–that it doesn’t offer the same degree of effectiveness as standard Ritalin.
