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. 2015 Apr 28;8:115–131. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S58601

Table 3.

Glutamate-modulating pharmacotherapy for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Medication Author Year Duration N Results
Amantadine Mattes186 1980 1 month 8 Improvement on 100 mg/day
Donfrancesco187 2007 6 weeks 24 Improvement on 50–150 mg/day
Mohammadi188 2010 6 weeks 28 Limited improvement on 100–150 mg/day
Lamotrigine Öncü189 2014 48 months 40 Improvement on 25–250 mg/day
Memantine Findling193 2007 8 weeks 16 Improvement on 10–20 mg/day
Surman194 2013 12 weeks 28 Improvement on 10 mg/day
NAC Garcia195 2013 3 months 49 Improvement on 2.4–4.8 g/day

Abbreviations: N, number of patients; NAC, N-acetylcysteine.