Dextroamp Amphet Side Effects
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My son takes this medicine and seems to be developing breasts. I need answers.

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My son is 15 now.. But at 10 I was told he was ADHD he took 5mg adderall til he was almost 12.. He was constantly complaining about his heart beating fast and it didn't calm him or make him feel focused instead it acted like a speed so I decided to have him taking off of it. Now I will say that my son didn't do well in school at the time and he struggled with emotions due to the loss of his father but as I look back I know he was misdiagnosed because he is now 14 and doing very well in school last year he advanced three grade levels and is no longer in special Ed and I'd doing very well and he still don't take adderall still to this day. I switch doctors everything going fine..however I am sharing my concerns with doctor about his enlarged breast he isn't a fat child and he is extremely tall but his breast is looking like female breast and they are large I don't know if it is the adderall but he has never taking any other ADHD meds. My question is, has anyone else had or have the same problems and should I be concerned?

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@Pauline,

While gynaecomastia isn't listed as a side effect, that doesn't necessarily mean that it's not possible among a smaller percentage of users taking Dextro-amphetamine. Other "poisons" such as Accutane are famous for causing unlisted side effects.

Apparently one user wrote in on another thread stating that they were taking Adderall during their puberty stage, and their "man boobs" never went away. I also noticed a couple other discussion threads going on this same topic, which leads me to believe that it really could be happening to even more patients than we realize.

Perhaps there may be some legal action in order if enough people were to ban together on this.

How old is your son?

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Are you sure that is the only medication he is on? Breast development in males isn't a side effect of Dextroamphetamine. As a matter of fact, in some girls it can cause a delay in development.

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