Important Precautions

• Tell your health-care practitioner if you are sensitive or allergic to methylphenidate or other drugs. Also inform your health-care practitioner about any other medical conditions you suffer from, especially severe anxiety, tension, agitation, glaucoma or other visual problems, high blood pressure, motor tics or spasms, Tourette’s syndrome, or a seizure disorder.
• Chronic or abusive use of methylphenidate can lead to addiction. This drug should be used with caution in anyone with a history of drug or alcohol abuse or of mental illness.
• Before having any type of surgery or dental procedure, inform your surgeon or dentist that you are taking methylphenidate.
• This drug may conceal signs of temporary fatigue. Until you know how methylphenidate affects you, do not drive a car, operate machinery, or perform other tasks that require concentration.
• Methylphenidate is not an appropriate remedy for children whose symptoms are caused by stress or a psychiatric disorder.

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