He has experienced 3 bad side effects from the drug. My wife works at a Pharmacy. After reading all this, we decided right there, that we were going to get him off this stuff. He started taking the proanthanols about 1 month ago. We cut him down from 5 Ritalin per day to 2 after the first week on proanthanols, after another week, we cut him down to one ritalin.
Many researchers feel that when both are combined, they compliment each others effectivness.
The U.S. Patent Number is 4,698,360, which appears on the label. OPC-85 is a nutritional food supplement plant extract. This product also provides additional nutrients, called phyto-nutrients and bioflavenoids to enhance bioavailability. OPC-85 is the result of 50 years of research by Dr. Masquelier. The OPC extracts in Proanthenols have been developed since 1950 and tested by the Pasteur Institute, hospitals, clinics, university laboratories, medical practitioners, and dieticians.