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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat symptoms of ADHD, as well as narcolepsy. Ideally, that place will be dry and at room temperature, which means 68° to 77°F, according to the FDA label. In 2007, the DEA changed regulations to allow up to 90 days of a schedule II controlled substance to be written at a time.
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