Comparing Clonidine vs Lucemyra
| Clonidine | Lucemyra (lofexidine) |
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| Clonidine | Lucemyra (lofexidine) |
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Prescription only
Clonidine can be used to lower blood pressure and extended-release forms are used to treat ADHD; however, it causes sedation, and tolerance can develop to its blood pressure-lowering effects... View more |
Prescription only
Lucemyra may be used to ease the symptoms caused by abruptly stopping opioids in people who are addicted to them. It is given four times a day for up to 14 days but must be slowly discontinued. The... View more |
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| More about Clonidine | More about Lucemyra (lofexidine) | ||||||||||||||||
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Clonidine has an average rating of 7.1 out of 10 from a total of 779 ratings on Drugs.com. 61% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 21% reported a negative effect. |
Lucemyra has an average rating of 6.6 out of 10 from a total of 47 ratings on Drugs.com. 55% of reviewers reported a positive effect, while 32% reported a negative effect. |
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| Side Effects Experienced by Users Side effects are reported in Drugs.com user reviews and not clinically verified. | |||||||||||||||||
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Lower cost generic |
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| Catapres, Catapres-TTS, Clonidine ER, Duraclon, Kapvay, Nexiclon XR, Onyda XR |
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| Half Life Drug half-life is the time required for plasma concentration to reduce to half its original value. | |||||||||||||||||
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15 hours |
12 hours |
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| CSA Schedule 1 View glossary of CSA terms | |||||||||||||||||
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Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
Not a controlled drug
Is not subject to the Controlled Substances Act. |
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Category C
Risk cannot be ruled out
See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
Summary unavailable. See the full pregnancy warnings document. |
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A total of 378 drugs are known to interact with Clonidine:
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A total of 554 drugs are known to interact with Lucemyra:
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| First Approval Date | |||||||||||||||||
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September 03, 1974 |
May 16, 2018 |
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1 The Controlled Substances Act (CSA) schedule information displayed applies to substances regulated under federal law. There may be variations in CSA schedules between individual states.
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