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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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Re: Lunar orbit (# 1764)

Florida? What mg & ir or er? If you do not mind I may know a place.

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bp01 (# 1751) -- Thank you for that. Now I have a new problem, my doctor refuses to cancel the rx & send it to my old pharmacy who has plenty in stock for my refill as well as my fiance & has plenty in the warehouse to order from. No one told me of the shortage & we are both decade’s long Adderall patient’s so my pharmacy moved & hour away 3 month’s ago & for 2 month’s had to close but sent us all to Notmandy Blvd to a sister pharm to fill, all was good. But my mom who is my only ride got covid from the hospital when her husband was admitted for 2 weeks after having a heart attack so I needed a close pharmacy for 1 month that is all & doctor knew. I called they said they would see when they got rx but to come on they had us so they send it & then say 3 med’s are on backorder & they were waiting indefinatly for 1 & until 1/1/23 for the other & 2/2/23 for the Adderall & it was 1/31/23 so we waited however I find out the other 2 were on no kind of shortage so I called & they said give them 2 hours we go back to the pharm same day but end of day & both med’s are filled & they say they will see us on 2/2/23 however no meds came in then they tell me they will call when it comes in & I could switch oharmacies too anyway they wait unil yesterday 2/8/23 end of day to yell at me, tell me to go to another pharmacy as they will not have any adderall to fill for us for several month’s they do not even know, they tell me to simply call my doctor have them cancel the prescription and send it to the other place. I find it. Well, I informed them that the doctor refuses to send it anywhere else or change the dose or any type of anything and they tell me that there is no way they have to do so no doctor would do that, and that is not the case I said, however it is the case and they tell me we are not going to feel for you. You are not an established regular call your doctor or have them transfer you out & hung up. I talk to my doctor again, plead my case everything else, and they refuse to send it anywhere else. So my new question is, how is this not the absolute definition of medical neglect, or something? What can I do or who do I go to in order to possibly sway said doctor into doing his job? Is that not the most asshole thing to say & way to be to the very people you took the freaking Hippocratic oath to protect and to care for? People do not take mental health seriously in any type of way, and this has proved it even more to me. I really thought (or wanted to believe maybe) that society had really changed, and that the stigmas I was raised up in and all had lifted however, as a chronic pain patient and a person that needs mental health treatment because I have mental health issues it saddens and sickens me to my core. Before my Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome got worse & my Fibromyalgia was diagnosed about 10 years ago I worked half my life (i’m now 34) to study, intern & practice as first a CNA at 18 then my MA at 20 & was in school for Psych when my world crashed & I never would have ever treated a single patient no matter what like this. I am a type person that goes without treatment, or medicine or many other things. Yeah, it goes to the doctor every month and it’s not like you’re seeing you just go in and take a urine sample and you’re out no matter how many times I’ve tried to personally meet with a doctor of the last couple of years. It’s like they have no time for you and I do not care, and I really am past my point of dealing with people like this but at the same point when you are like me very hard very scary actually absolutely terrifying to even consider switching or thinking about you on switching care providers. All this from a person with a medical background who my entire childhood was treated by doctors and people around me other than my father like I was a dramatic, drama queen making things up until finally, I was diagnosed at Nemour’s (spelling?) in Jacksonville with Ehlers Danlos syndrome, which is a genetic disorder at the age of 12, I had a nervous break down at the age of 10, I have been treated as a chronic pain patient for over a decade even as a child, so I have the records tests, MRIs, bloodwork, anything and everything you could think of to prove my condition however, the war on drugs, the opiate crisis that I lived through, and everything else makes it extremely difficult for the people like me out there because of people putting people into boxes they should not be in. No one should put people in a box. People are undefinable and once they realize that and stop doing this and stop fighting what is always going to be and to just use benefit over doubt and care over neglect to the people that need it and even those that hey may not then none of this is ever going to get fixed and it will always be a broken system. That’s a fact because in denying one you think may be up to no good, you are entirely dismissing and completely corrupting the entire system & damning those that desperatly do. I suffered my entire childhood think about that. I went all over Florida to every specialist you can think about trying to get help desperate for care desperate for somebody to just help me somebody to just believe me somebody to just ease the pain. I had teachers family members friends people that were in my town. Everybody calling me a drama queen that had nothing wrong with them told to be quiet, told to sit down hush, my mouth and be a good kid. I had doctors laugh at me. A doctors tell me to my face there was nothing wrong with me and that I was a lying and that I needed to stop wasting peoples time because it takes from people that really do need it. Then only to then be diagnosed so easily by the team of doctors my dad demanded & Nemour’s had several specialists who flew in from Texas, Washington, and New York, along with their specialist. No one should ever deny a persons, pain, mental or physical in much the same way that no one should deny a persons fundamental rights, people are dynamic they are complex and there is no test and there is nothing anyone can do to truly diagnose or pinpoint certain peoples pain and then there are people that have conditions that people dismiss as not so bad, and that they should not be in so much pain. As a 34 year-old woman who has dealt with this their entire life and has heard her entire life that nothing looks wrong with them and that they are just faking or that they’re just trying to get attention or that they are lazy or stupid or ignorant, and all because they are the ignorant ones that are too stupid to gain the knowledge to even begin to understand and they damn sure lack any bit of empathy to put themselves in another’s shoes, and only imagine what life would be like as them. Think about the first memory you have more than likely it is a good memory, but there are sadly people like me, who, as far back as they can remember, and the very first memory that they have is of severe, never ending pain that wakes you up in the middle of a deep sleep, screaming for your parents, begging them to please rub your legs and arms and to please take the pain away. Most of my nights most of my memories are like this I can remember crying and screaming and begging them to take the pain from me because it hurt so intensely just growing felt like everything was being stretched and one end of my body was in one vice, and the other was in another vice & Being pulled and pulled way beyond its means. Are used to ask why what did I do? What did I do wrong to have to feel this way when no one else that I know does? Sorry for the long rant just upset and obviously off of my ADHD medicine ha ha. Thank you again for your help and I hope one day people realize a little of what we deal with, and begin to except us as we are.

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Hello. I am having a little trouble finding any 20 or 30mg ir in South Carolina. I got a pharmacy (cvs) to fill last month but instead of my regular 2 30s and 1 20mg a day I had to get 90 20s because they didn’t have any 30s. I am out on Thursday coming up and sadly I haven’t been able to cut back as much as I would hope so I could save as many for however long because my adhd is so severe. I called the same cvs today and they said they don’t have either 20mg or 30mg ir and it’s back ordered. If anyone knows of anywhere in South Carolina I’m willing to drive to get my medication. I will even pay out of pocket if needed. I can’t afford to lose my job because I don’t have my medication.

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Re: MelR (# 1768)

When I lived in Chesapeake I always had luck at Walmart on battlefield blvd…if they were out they would send me next door to Sam’s club (you don’t have to be a member to use Sam’s club pharmacy) then when I lived in downtown Norfolk I went to the Walgreens on colley ave…if it’s still there…it seems we’re all suffering everywhere…good luck!

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Re: Michael (# 1781)

North Louisiana

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No issues with my refill today. No issues with my refill in January. Once I switched from 10mg to 15mg, it's been smooth sailing. However, the pharmacist told me that she has zero patients on 15mg XR so that's why it's been getting filled on the correct date. I thought that was kinda odd because its a high volume pharmacy, but I'm not complaining! lol

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Hello. I made a post on feb.15 I believe. I am originally on 30mg ir twice a day and 20mg ir once a day but since November I have had to change my dose because of stock availability. The last 3 months I have had a prescription for 3 20mg irs a day. Well this month I called a few pharmacies and first the cvs I filled at last month (and they were aware of that) told me they were out of stock and didn’t have any whatsoever in 3 months which is a lie because I got 90 20 ir last month. So I called a few Walgreens and I finally found one (I am in South Carolina) that asked what I was looking for, so I told her I was looking for 60 30mg ir and 30 20mg ir because my psychiatrist said once I can find my original doses in stock I can go back to my original prescription. Well the pharmacist said that she had no 30mg ir but she had 20mg in stock so I then asked if she had 90 of them because of my dose being switched by my psychiatrist. I know it probably sounded sketchy but I would think they would understand that patients just want to get their needed medication. She immediately said “I don’t have that many most I can do is 60.” So I thought to myself and said I would rather have something than nothing because I know people are going without and I was grateful to find any at all. I called my psychiatrist and she sent the prescription over and I called Walgreens back to see if they received it because honestly I was afraid if I waited that they would fill other prescriptions and run out, I got a different woman pharmacist on the phone and she said I would have to pay out of pocket for the prescription and I didn’t mind that so she said “let me check if I have that amount.” She came back on the line and said she had enough and it would be ready in an hour. When I went to pick them up the pharmacist said she couldn’t fill them until the following day which was a day after my prescription date which honestly I didn’t mind but I expressed my concerns about them running out before they fill my prescription the next day and she felt bad for me and said that the head pharmacist would fill it that day but he wasn’t in until the next day and she didn’t want to get in trouble for filling on day 30? Made no sense but she then assured me that they had PLENTY of 20mg ir and I would definitely be able to get my prescription the next day. I went the next morning and the head pharmacist apologized for them not filling the day before and he filled it for me right away. So I got my 90 20mg ir from Teva (usually get Lannett or Rhodes). I just find it weird that they say they don’t have it or they do but not enough but clearly they pick and choose what they want to fill because I thought I was only going to get a partial fill for the 60 she said she had but then I got all 90 from a different pharmacist same day same Walgreens…I get that they are afraid of people probably staking out the pharmacy and robbing or something but they aren’t helping patients by not being honest. So if you all find a pharmacy that says they have some but not all just send in your prescription and worst case you get a partial fill and you may get all of your prescription filled.

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Re: Mauricio (# 1789)

I’m on the exact same dosage as you (2 30mg IR and 1 20mg IR). I’ve been lucky my reg Walgreens has had both, for the most part, the last couple of months. When they haven’t and I’ve had to call around to other pharmacies I’ve noticed some will tell you they don’t have any. In my case, despite knowing someone who recently filed some that day. I’ve also had pharmacists tell me they only have enough for “their customers”. I understand an independent pharmacy taking care of their customers. Especially in the case of a customer filling multiple prescriptions every month. I had one kind pharmacist explain in that way why they didn’t want to accept a customer for one prescription when they had customers who filled 6-10 prescriptions every month, one being adderall. But Walgreens or CVS are not independent pharmacies just trying to get by. I’ve been on this medication for almost 15 years and am dependent on it to function. I believe the shortage is partly due to overprescribing to people who do not need it. They get prescribed adderall to then turn around and sell it to make money. Sometimes money to get by, but often to buy other drugs.

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Re: Bp01 (# 1790)

Hope so. I fill again next week.

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Re: Bp01 (# 1790)

I still wasn’t able to get my 30 IRS. I did get 15 mg tabs. They are long oval and pink.

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Re: DJ (# 1797)

OMG - I'm desperately looking too. In Hampton VA.

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Re: Ben (# 1)

Not sure about everyone else but I take 30mg XR 2 times a day for my ADHD and have been for 8 years. Though I have been without it for almost 2 months due to the shortage, I never had any symptoms of withdrawal. I just can’t focus and it’s affecting my job, personal life, etc…

I completely agree with the suggestion to start a class action law suit! I want to sooooo bad. I’ve researched why there is a shortage and someone said something about a fire at one of the manufacturing plants… Yea can’t find anything about that. What I have found is that the DEA limits how much a manufacturer can make or at least how much raw ingredients they get and they limit how much each pharmacist can order. Last year, knowing many more are taking the prescription, the DEA didn’t raise the limit. They just said this is what you get and good luck… I’ll call around to see if I can’t sue. If anyone knows of a lawsuit already in progress, let me know!!!

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Re: Terry (# 1799)

You realized you replied to a post made 12 years ago, right?

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Re: Terry (# 1799)

You cannot sue. The DEA reduced the amount of active ingredients for Schedule II drugs more in 2023

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Re: Ryelee (# 1791)

And the whole “40 for add and 60mg for narcolepsy.” Is just a general suggested dose. Everyone is different and it’s not illegal to get more than that suggested dose clearly. I knew a lady who was on 4 30mg a day and I think that is as high as you could possibly get no matter what.

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Re: BlessedLady (# 1793)

Yes, I'm aware. I've been on this medication for 14 years. But alot of folks just started it in the last couple years, and probably don't realize it was temporary.

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Re: BlessedLady (# 1808)

I studied law but chose a different route after grad school. A few friends are attorneys, one in particular took the case and felt it would be a good challenge. I totally agree though, it is expensive which unfortunately detours a lot of people from protecting their rights.

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Shire Pharmaceuticals LLC and other subsidiaries of Shire plc are responsible for unlawful motives including financial gain to induce an Adderall shortage for clinics, physicians and patients Shire also has the rights to Vyvanse® (lisdexamfetamin dimesylate). Appeals Court Affirms Shire’s Vyvanse® (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate) Patents Are Valid Until 2023.

Ruling bars generic versions of Vyvanse from entering market until patents expire. This is a desperate act for criminal finacial gain. Vyvanse is currently the only alternative to Adderall IR and Adderall XR. 30mg Vyvanse bid is 700$. 30mg Adderall bid is 57$. Insurance fraud?

Shire issued a statement disclaiming responsibility for the Adderall shortage. Saying "Adderall IR, the immediate-release formulation of Shire's attention deficit hyperactivity disorder treatment, may be running short, but Adderall XR, the extended-release version--is readily available." This is a lie.

Lexington, Mass. – September 24, 2015 – Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG) announces today that the Court of Appeals of the Federal Circuit has upheld the summary judgment ruling of the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey that certain claims of the patents protecting Vyvanse® (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate). I am a concerned person with a disability. Shire holds the patents to Vyvanase. Fraud against Medicare medical and the general public is reprehensible and unacceptable. If you need a person to speak out or need an end users perspective.

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Re: Mauricio (# 1804)

I agree everyone is different and there is no one dose for everyone. I’m due for one of my scripts on Tuesday and hoping I have no issues. Due to this ongoing adderall backorder I no longer get both of my scripts on the same day.

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Re: Ryelee (# 1816)

Just ignore him. Your medication is between you and your doctor

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