2019 Nationwide Shortage Of Adderall 20mg (Page 2) (Top voted first)

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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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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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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I also looked at the FDA shortage page, it's not listed anywhere..so for the past 4 scripts I had filled are for adderall 30mg. My doctor will only give one and a half 30mg a day..that sorta turns into a problem for me because I usually take one 30mg in the am..the around noon time I have to split the other one in half..if it doesn't split well and sometimes it crumbles..I asked the doctor my last visit. Can you just prescribe 2 a day? I didn't get my way...and I know why..this big opioid crisis has every doctor I know they are afraid to put their pen to the pad. This crisis is not all about opioids its about any and all types of medacine that could cause addiction or trouble... I also noticed that he medacine is not nearly as strong as it once was..well I'm sure everyone here understands what I'm saying..now I don't know if our problems are solved with 20mg of adderall..Walgreens said they have the 10mg and 30mg, cvs said they have none of any mg..I'm in southwest Florida, is this a problem everywhere or just in my area for some reason??

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Re: Sleepy (# 18)

I understand it's not listed. I have looked several times, but here in Florida, my area Walgreens can only get 10mg, or 30mg. They have teva..so for about 3 months I have to get the 30mg. And split one in half in the afternoon..splitting them without making a mess is sometimes hard. I went to cvs. They have nothing at all ..the other stores pharmacy I'm not sure what they have..but I do know teva brand is the only one I want..I havnt been on this medication long, so I don't know, but I have read horrible reviews on many other brands so I don't want to end up with something that doesn't work for me either....so I wonder what's going on here, even though this isn't an opioid but with the crisis its starting to effect all quality medications...

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Re: Charlene (# 23)

It’s the manufacturer the pharmacy uses. The Wallgreens in NH have Teva. Rite Aid has Aurobindo but those are awful. When this happened back in 2011 I used CVS and for awhile CVS used two different manufacturers so some stores had it, some didn’t. So I was driving across the state. It was crazy. Back then I think one of the manufacturers had a recall and a other stopped making it, so it caused a shortage. But it was listed on the FDA site. I haven’t had a problem getting my opiates yet either, but we are a little behind in the times up here. If it’s a problem elsewhere we will have a problem too eventually. Thank you everyone who wrote about this. I will ration my meds. I don’t want to lose my job like I almost did in the 2011 shortage.

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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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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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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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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: 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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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: Mika015 (# 15)

what is a steal shortage?

THIS WAS STARTED BY OBAMA. Do some investigating.

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