2019 Nationwide Shortage Of Adderall 20mg

I'm going to my doctor Tomorrow to tell him I can't get my adderall 20mg filled anywhere in our are. I have called every day pharmacy within 20 miles, I'm told good luck. I don't know what he will give me and I don't really know what to except.. any FEEDBACK would have great. I have taken vyvanse for a short time a while back the only reason I stopped is my co-pay on insurance was high..oh I'm not sure but I'm calling Walgreens Tomorrow to see if they have 10mg or 30mg..a week ago I was told only one pharmacy did have the 10s they said it was basically all the adderall ir.. thanks for you time.. I just don't know much about the ADHD medications

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Do you take the extended release or IR? I’ve been taking the 20mg IR for several years and found Walgreens is always stocked with the generic that works best for me (Teva). CVS was always out or changing generics every couple months it seemed. If Adderall works for you, definitely try pushing your doctor to contact the pharmacy Rather than trying something new just because Adderall isn’t available. And don’t be afraid to ask the pharmacist questions about ordering it from other locations that are in stock etc. You’re the customer- they should give you a better answer than “good luck.” Adderall crashes aren’t fun. If it was a heart medication they wouldn’t tell you that, they’d find a way.

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Re: Jayce (# 1)

I also found rite aid which I think might be turning to Walgreens unfortunately to be the best bet. I get 20mg also and only will use teva. They usually have it and if not ask them if they can check other stores in the computer in your area for it. Hopefully it's not a real bad shortage. I remember years ago when there was that huge Adderall shortage and no one could get it.

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Re: Jayce (# 1)

Well thank you Jayce, for your great advice. So I do take the adderall 20mg ir, and still as of today they are no wear to be found..so as I said my doctors appointment is today at 4pm and I decided to call my local pharmacy Walgreens that fills my scripts all the time, I called to make sure that indeed there is still a shortage? They said yes, but only on the 20mg, now that is something that nobody has told me about it. So she said I could tell my doctor about it and if he changes the dosage to either 10mg or 30mg they have those, its only the 20mg shortage..I will update you soon..I usually take 20mg x 2/day..I have only seen this doctor a few times but have seen him on and off in past years...my other 2 doctors wanted me on and had me on 20mg x 3/day..and that was perfect dose for me..now this doctor just wants to reduce my dose and it's not working out. Its been terrible..oh because of my insurance company charge is why I had to leave the other two doctors they don't except my insurance and that's a shame because I really thought for once I was starting to feel normal I need a psychiatrist for the other medications I'm on and it's hard because when I'm searching for a new doc I need one that will also prescribe my buprenorphine treatment..I heard a regular m.d. could prescribe ADHD medacine but I'm not sure

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I'm n Tennessee n all the pharms r out of the 20mg n the 10MG's suck!!!

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Re: Sara Smith (# 4)

I just went to my doctor to tell him I can't get the 20mg filled..my pharmacy can only get 10mg or 30mg..so I just pick up the 30mg from Walgreens. I will start them Tomorrow. They are probably from teva, they are orange football shaped??. Still all the pharmacy's in my are say they have no idea what's going on but they cannot get them at all nbn they don't even know when they will get them..so I hope these 30mg work

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Re: Charlene (# 5)

That’s great! Glad you asked your doctor. The 30mg Are the same football shaped orange pills, they are just a little larger and rounded on the top and bottom rather than flat like the 20 MG. And obviously more potent since there’s more of it. So just be aware that they are stronger and you might want to split them in half rather than take the whole thing at first. Fingers crossed that they are in stock for you.

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First of all even if they did have in stock they would lie and tell you they are out.... why you ask ? Because a pharmacy will not give out info about how many in stock they have for a controlled substance it is a narcotic . Pharmacys do get robbed you have to go in in person and ask

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First off don't call a pharmacy asking if they carry or fill any controlled drug. Most pharmacies have policy specifically concerning over the phone query for safety. In other words they're taking precautions against robbery. As far as the adderall getting filled it compares to someone trying to get a big narcotics prescription filled. Adderall had been in the drug epidemic clampdown as well. Reports of some of the ADHD drugs being used interchangeably with methamphetamine. Conversely adderall and related drugs have been identified as a start point of methamphetamine addiction by the authorities. This doesn't stop a pharmacy from filling your prescription but there have been reports of pharmacists not filling ADHD prescriptions. This isn't universal so if you get turned away try another pharmacy. I wouldn't let a pharmacy hold your paper prescription for any reason tho.

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Re: Charlene (# 5)

FWIW I was reading House Subcommittee reports from the past year where the drug manufacturers have reduced output by nearly 30% of certain ADHD drugs and 6 or 7 pain drugs. There has been a real slowdown in preparation for some new regulations which are to be determined sometime this year.

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Re: myst7 (# 7)

Pharmacies won’t tell you how much they have in stock, but they will tell you if they are in stock and if they carry a specific generic. Just because it’s a schedule 2n doesn’t mean you can’t ask about it if you’re prescribed like any other medication. Nothing criminal about asking if it’s what works best for you as a prescribed customer. Obviously be a normal human about it, explain why it works best vs other generics and pharmacists are generally very helpful in finding you what you need.

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Re: Maricica (# 8)

Hi. As a result on not being able to fill my adderall 20mg x 2 daily, I had to ask him for new scripts for adderall 3mg, x 1 and a half..I get them from Walgreens the are still peach colored however I feel absolutely nothing from them..my ADHD is all out of wack.im feeling somewhat ill,.. and as we all know of the oomph we feel kicking in..strangely I feel zip, nothing, I have 3 weeks to go before my next refill. I'm thinking about asking for ritalin or vyvanse..my insurance doesn't pay well on vyvanse my copay is $95 but it I keep taking it until we hear better news at least I will get relief..NOW AS FAR AS PHONE CALLS GO , I have 2 medications I take buprenorphine and adderall, the buprenorphine I can only take one brand that puts them out. If my pharmacy doesn't have them I do call around and never ever had a problem...I ask like this my usual pharmacy is out of my medication and because of the inactive ingredients I can only take one type..its also a controlled substance but I have never been turned down with an answer. Somewhat same with the adderall I probably called 30 to 40 pharmacy's that day in my area..and from every single one I got the same answer...good luck..its not available unless its leftover still on the shelf and that's what I did I called and called almost ready to give up because it was a Sunday night and just assumed my pharmacy had them like always..they had none

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Re: Jayce (# 6)

Hey, Joyce .thx for all your help.. so like I said I have been taking the 30mgs..they are orange b/974 teva..I dont get it..you would think they are stronger but zip nothing at all..ADHD is crazy, I'm felling I'll and more depressed..and we all know about the oomph feeling at they are kicking in...and nothing..I picked them up on the 12th of February so I have a ways to go until next refill I'm not sure what I will do next...not wanting to upset my doctor again. But I was thinking of asking for eight ritalin or vyvanse until this gets resolved. My insurance will cover the vyvanse it's just a higher copay $95 but maybe it will be for a short time..my pharmacist says they still dont know when they will send them to the pharmacy

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It's because of the Trump shutdown. The FDA itself was shutdown for over a month.

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Re: Mika015 (# 13)
this all started back in 2016 when Obama was in office it was a start of the socialist democratic party control control control,Trump just isn't doing any thing to reverse what Obama started

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Re: myst7 (# 14)

Not true, 1nbred. Trump's shutdown of the FDA is why there is an steal Adderall shortage.

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Has anyone heard any news yet about if they are stocked back up on adderall 20mg.? I have had my doctor give me two months of 30mg x 2....I will go back to visit in april.. and I don't know if I should accept a script for 20mg or 30mg ? Thx everyone for your kind help

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Re: Bobby (# 2)

Yeah, 2011 I was written up at work for the first time in my life when there weren’t any around for like 6 months. I tried the XR and they didn’t work for me.

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There is no fda shortage. You must be going to CVS. They use a distributor that isn’t good at what it does. Adderall in any form isn’t even listed as resolved.

accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/drugshortages/default.cfm

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APRIL 2019 ADDERALL SHORTAGE OR BACK ORDER. NO PHARMACY HAS ANY IN MICH. DIES ANY ONE HAVE ANY INFO?

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Re: Burkie (# 19)

I looked on the FDA drug shortage page and adderall is not listed at all. Not currently short pr a resolved short.
Is it CVS? They have a problem understanding their distributor can’t supply them but it doesn’t mean there’s a real shortage.
I have been fine at wallgreens. I just got them yesterday. Teva. Rite Aid has Aurobindo but they make me feel like crap so I avoid those.

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Re: Sleepy (# 32)

Yea I tried nuvigil once and it didn't help my ADD at all. It gave me a little energy then I crashed super hard after a couple hours. It was really wierd. I had to switch for Adderall ir to the xr because I could never find the ir and they generic s have gotten so bad compared to when I went on in 2011. I never had an issue with my Adderall ir until I stopped in 2014 and went back on in early 2018. All of a sudden they old brands were no good and these new generic s are awful! I eventually switched to the xr because I would have needed 120mg of those ir's to actually get though a day without feeling way under medicated. At least the Adderall xr has a name brand still and they seem to work much better compared. I wish I could get quality ir's like I used to but... I won't even attempt to get a generic form of the xr. I make sure my doctor writes name brand necessary on all my scripts! I pay a way higher copay but it's worth it for me.

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Re: Charlene (# 35)

Ahhh what a pain! I’d say find a new doctor but I know how difficult that is to do these days! I hope once they get it filled it won’t be such a pain going forward. If it continues though it might be worth the hassle. It’s crazy how difficult doctors/pharmacies/insurance make it for Adderall (and I’m sure many other controlled substances). Fingers crossed for you!

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Re: Jayce (# 34)

Thx Jayce, I just went to the doctor yesterday, so he wrote my script out for the 20mg, x 2 daily..after I left the office I noticed the script was not written like the past 6 months, I went back in to say ,...hey I think my scripts are written wrong,..he looks at them and asked what do you mean, I pointed them out to him, alls he said was to try to fill it,..if the 20mgs are still hard to get, come back to his office, which I thought it was ridiculous, however he was extremely late coming into his office 3 hours late as it was..so I can't get my refill until the 9th of August..I plan on calling the pharmacy ahead of time for any just incase happenings

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Having any better luck lately getting your prescription filled?
Here in OH I haven’t had any issues at my local Walgreens and they always have the same generic (Teva) and don’t bounce back and forth between generic brands like the CVS I used to use. It took a while for me to find a pharmacy that carried the generic Adderall the worked best for me, and it took lots of searching and phone calls. But once I found one I haven’t had an issue since - over a year now of consistency. I hope you’re all able to do the same! Just keep searching and calling and stick up for yourself - politely of course, but you’re the customer and you know what works best for your body. If this was a heart medication they wouldn’t give you any issues.

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Re: Sleepy (# 32)

Sleepy (# 32) --
well I can only speak for myself but I would trade my Adderall for Provigil tomorrow if I could for my Adhd. It made me feel alert and sharp with nominal side effects. I totally understand how you feel.

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Re: Jayce (# 31)

M psychiatrist told me provigil wouldn’t work on my ADD symptoms. I was interested in switching because I also take oxycodone for pain and I am sick of being treated like a drug addict because I need meds people abuse.

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Re: Charlene (# 30)

If you have narcolepsy I would recommend Provigil or Nuvigil personally. I was prescribed it for fatigue/adhd until my insurance would no longer cover it since I didn’t have narcolepsy or sleep apnea. But it worked wonderfully. I now take adderall but if I could choose I would go back to Provigil. It worked better for wakefulness (and attentiveness), lasted longer and had less side effects for me. Just a thought!

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Re: Micki (# 27)

Thx for your reply,..I'm just a bit curious about what you had said about narcolepsy?...because I'm not sure if I have it or not, I did talk to my psychiatrist about it and he is the one who prescribes my adderall..I was trying to explain it to him and telling him my new insurance company has QL like only 30mg x2 or 20mg x2, he said only 3 are to be given IF you have narcolepsy, ADHD is only 20mg x2, ..anyways on and off I just nod off, now really I just wanted to thank you for your response and now I realize I can just Google this topic...he also told me that if I thought I have this I'd have to see a specialist and do sleeping test..so idk I don't want to go elsewhere and sleep, I have trouble sleeping anywhere , I don't even sleep in hotels lol, but ya seriously thx

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At the time I wrote this post the 20mg teva adderall was no where to be found here in southwest Florida!, in the meantime I had my doctor write me scripts for the 30mg..he only gives 1 1/2, a day..I shouldn't complain because I'm actually getting more a day this way than the other 20mg x2,..I'm curious if they are still hard to find? For some reason I felt like the 20mg were just a tad stronger, even though they are both from Walgreens teva brand....I have read that at this time of year for many medications there seems to be shortages at this time of year,. I also take a another medication called buprenorphine and for almost 6 months now they are playing the shortage game again. But not with all 7 generics of buprenorphine,.only the two that most people favor..same with the adderall,..I can find 20mgs around but they happen to be the brands most people that I have read about that say some are just plain terrible. I found one of those one time, I decided to use a different pharmacy because there prices were down, never again will I do that anymore, I'd rather pay extra for better! Thx anyone for feedback

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So far in southwest Florida I'm only able to get the 30mg, from my local Walgreens. They are teva brand. I'm sure 20mg are around, but I will only accept TEVA orange ones, I heard bad stories about some of the others..my script were usually for 20mg x2..one day I decided to go to a different pharmacy by me thinking about if they were cheaper? Not even thinking about the brand, never again will I do that, I don't know what type these 20s were, but they were white small stop sign shape and I ended up being bumped for an entire month,

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