Adderall Backorder (Page 27) (Top voted first)

I take generic Adderall 20 mg for narcolepsy and there is not one local pharmacy that has it in stock. I have never had this problem before. The pharmacies are saying that it's on backorder from the manufacturer. Is anyone else having problems getting their scripts filled?

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yes i too have been sitting on my perscription for 4 days now and theres not a one pharmacy that had it!!! I AM FREAKING OUT

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the dea controls it not the fda. they just say if its safe or not. look it up

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Vyvanse is still a patent protected drug and so a month's prescription - if you don't have insurance or Medicaid or something is several hundred dollars.

Both dex and desoxyn are old drugs, long since patent protected and therefore come in generic forms so you can get a script for less that $50/month.

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And, for the record - I don't know how it's possible that you pick up a prescription of Adderall for a 3 month's supply - regardless how how many years you've been on it, because it's a Schedule II narcotic and there's not a doctor in the country that is allowed to provide more than a 30 day supply at one time.

Now I won't outright call you a liar and say that your story is not true - but I have never, ever heard of a doctor being able to do that - for Schedule IIs you have to go to the doctor and get a written, paper script (in some states on specially colored paper) and it cannot be for more than 30 day's supply. They can't even call it in to the pharmacy - not even in extreme circumstances.

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Well, I went through a week of uncontrollable crying (depressn) couldnt hardly function or keep a thought for about a wk. Now I'm finding my Add symptoms are back with a vengeance! I get out of shower and discover I only shaved one leg because thoughts are everywhere, I'm back to leaving phone, keys, etc. I feel like symptoms are worse but maybe its that I have had such a good response to Adderall and became functional that my symptoms seem worse. I was told that they can't distribute Adderall because it is FDA regulated and the FDA only allows a certain amount to be distributed yearly. I just wish we could have been warned and took measures to avoid the horrible withdraw. Still waiting for Dr & Ins to give authorization for the Vynanse. Good Luck to everyone !

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@kathy - keep the faith, it will be alright. You should still get your script and even if you have to drive to 20 different pharmacies (you can try calling - I just say "Look, I know that you have a policy of not giving out controlled drug info on the phone - but there is a nationwide shortage of adderall right now, as I'm sure you know, and I've been looking everywhere").

I would try to do this BEFORE your drs. appt and that way you can find out what MG the pharmacy does have in stock and have them write the script for that dosage (i.e. - if you normally take 20mg, then maybe the doctor can write it for 10mg taken 2 at a time.) I've found that the ones that are easiest to find are the 30mg tabs - so he could write it so that you break it and take 3/4 at one time.

It's not that the FDA is making any more or allowing any more to be made, it's just that there is a shortage of pharmaceutical ingredients (combined with, in my opinion, collusion amongst generic drug manufacturers to raise prices - and perhaps also between the generic manufacturers and the producers of Vyvanse who want people to switch).

I mean, think about it, for them it's win/win. Greater demand means greater prices - so the generic companies make more (I read an article that some generic drugs, particularly injectables, have risen 2000x in the last 6 months) and the patent holder for Vyvansee gets new customers and make more (and there's no pharm company in the world that's above paying off a generic manufacturer, in some cases hundreds of millions of dollars), to either protect their patent or to slow the sale of generics by any means necessary - including "accidentally not making enough" - these companies are every bit as ruthless as the consortium that runs the world diamond trade - which is completely based on making on a non-scarce commodity scare so as to regulate prices. That is exactly what is happening here.

I sincerely hope that the Justice Department opens an investigation into this, because it there are just way too many drugs coming up short and way too much price gouging to not be at least partially criminal. This was no accident - this was done to get good stock reports for the 3rd and 4th quarters for generic drug companies - perhaps several of them (I know Mylan does for sure) have new CEOs this year that got major stock options as part of their signing bonus, and the best way to make those pay off is to quickly improve stock price.

Hopefully, at least these f*ckers will have to pay so much that they don't do this again any time soon - it's unlikely there will be any criminal convictions (that almost never happens and if it didn't happen with Oxycontin, it's not going to happen here), but hopefully a billion dollar fine will sting enough - even though it will only be 1/3 of the profit of their crimes.

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i was able to get mine filled yest. 30 mg here in newport news va. i feel like i need to hold onto mine & only take if completely necccesary. this is crazy.

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To Ishmael: Guess what...that person that told you about a 90month day script might be telling the truth. I personally know someone that's been on this med...dosage 20mg...2 in the am and 2I after noon...for well over5 years and has gotten a 90 day(that's 360 pills) during this whole time. So...it is possible. I think it is a matter of the doc having the gonads to write the script knowing the patient gets a much better price break for 90 days in vs. 30 data and that the need for the med is legitimately needed to improve quality of life. For this person, it is a miracle drug and they are freaking out over this shortage issue. They have called the pharmacy weekly for the past month to check on availability and were told of the shortage. Fortunately, their script refill fell when the pharmacy had 354 pills out of the 360field needed. The really bad part is that they normally pay around $30. But this time the cost was well over $280. That is price gouging for sure.

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Apparently, drug-makers and policy wonks are unaware that a component of untreated ADHD is risky, anti-social behavior. In other words, withdrawals compounded by the symptoms of full blown ADHD could get quite testy. And it could be just what society needs to overthrow our worthless-as-hell government...

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Houston Tx
This nightmare started in August. Changing my meds
And dosage amounts monthly in order to fill it with whatever pharmacy may have something in stock.
I went from 30 mg bid. To 20 mg 1-1/2 bid
To 20 mg xr once daily.
My cost went (all generic) from 10.00 for 60 to 10.00 for 90 to 60.00 for 30
My internest told me that she had seen this odd phenomenon for gout meds as well.
I told her I felt controlled and manipulated in a free country.
She was unhappy to hear of this fiasco with another med her patients need.
I am not sure if gout meds have an affect on your daily
Life or if the patients suffer from withdrawal symptoms.
I have been told that a withdrawal symptom of adderall is depression. So maybe that's what they're up to?
Sounds like a conspiracy I know, but I have never heard of such a thing in this country.

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I take 10mg of XR twice a day and I was told my my normal pharmacy that they were unable to fill my script because it has been on back-order for over a month. Granted I take 2 a day and have a 90 day prescription so that is a lot of pills but I was shocked to hear it has been back-ordered so long. I was able to get it filled at another one of their locations but when I went to pick it up they had it secured in a safe. I feel bad hogging 180 pills if people can't get their medication!

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My insurance company is United Healthcare Choice Plus and as mentioned, they require 90 day prescriptions for anything monthly. My doctor had to write the letter of diagnosis in order to have the insurance cover Adderall as they normally don't because the FDA hasn't approved it for usage for adults. That stays on file with the insurance co for a year and my doc just writes the 90-day prescription. I see a general family practitioner for the script. I don't know if the 90 day medication thing has to do with my insurance company or is available through any doctor but my co-pay for 180 generic 10mg XR is $25.

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The DEA has stopped ADDERALL from being distributed for the rest of the year it has reached what they beleive to be enough doseages handed out

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This doesn't make any sense. If I was able to fill my prescription through Feb why is there an issue? My local CVS did not have quantity but their location 5 miles away did. The FDA does not have the authorization to override a doctor's prescription. If it is written by a medical professional, the FDA can't gently step in and say nope, not till after 2012. None of this makes sense. A shortage, I can understand that. A restriction on production for a prescription drug...???

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You are so right. This isn't making any sense to us lay people. I don't mind traveling for my script. What I mind is going from $32.00 to 169.00 or worse $435.00 all for the same number of pills, etc. Price goughing?

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It is completely a government issue. They have ordered the pharma companies to cut back on their supply. The big pharma companies wouldn't stop making their product on purpose. That cuts into their profits.

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Withdrawal, here I come! Make way! Makes me want to stop taking any and all meds...

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Good news. The pharmacies in my area, Olive Branch MS, have adderall now. My doctor even said that it was no longer on back order. They have been giving out scripts for 10's and 20's and so far, no one has not been able to get it filled. Back to being productive.

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No Adderal for anyone. Because the FDA has a Ceiling. Wrote my peace to them, wondering if it folds on deaf or non-decsript ears.

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