Adderall Backorder (Page 56) (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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I hate to suggest contacting a pharmacy in NJ or another nearby state. My normal pharmacy in IL in the SW Chicago suburbs did not have the quantity to fill my script but the alternate CVS 5 miles away did. It's probably a geographic problem and could be based on demand. If you're willing to travel or order through your pharmacy VIA mail it seems the product is available just limited.

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How did you obtain all that info? Very informative. Thank you.

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i have that problem too did you find a solution?

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Your wrong. I Had a servive rep email me these exact wordsHi Heather,

Shire's branded product Adderall XR capsules are readily available,
Shire is still manufacturing this product and there are no plans at this
time to stop production. ÂIf a pharmacy does not have the medication in
stock they can call their wholesaler and order the product and it will
arrive in about 2 days at the pharmacy. ÂIf you would like to find a
pharmacy in your area that has the medication in stock I will need to
know the dosage amount and your city and state.
-----endof
Message. I just had a family owned pharmacy order it for me in just 24 hrs. Barr did not buy it so indont know why you are pulling this inffo out of your ass.

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My friend found a substitute called AddieUp that apparently has four stimulants. He liked them. I haven't tried them but my pharmacy is out of the Pink tablets which I think are basically fake. The orange 20 mg have been on backorder for months. I'll try them and report back...

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To: Molly O and Heather: After just reading the most recent posts here, are you two as shocked as I am? The number of people that actually believe the government is conspiring to keep prescription meds off the street amazes me. To those with paranoid delusions: Ya think maybe the DEA has got enough to do fighting illicit drugs to keep them busy? PS. I just filled my 30 mg adderall script, like I do every month. There was a small shortage due to the unplanned increase in prescriptions. We have a free enterprise system, and if there's buyers, there will be product!

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Yeah johnny. The daily forums just validates what people think about those who take the drug. Honestly this one guy on here inspected all his pills for every difference in printing of the "adderall xr" labeling on each pill and even had percentage stats of the bottle he had in front of him which im guess was nearly empty.

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JonnyBoy 1, that is not necessary correct. When it comes to most normal products, such as computers, cell phones, soda pop and etc. product will be made, as long as their are buyers, but there are different complications involved for prescription medications that are controlled substances.

Based on prior year prescriptions, as well as information from the FDA and manufacturers, the DEA sets a manufacturing limit on all controlled substance medications for each new year. This set amount is then divided between the various manufacturers.

The data used generally gives a good idea of how much will be needed to fill prescriptions each year, however, when we have a year where there are more prescriptions than usual, and/or theft and diversion affect the supply, it can sometimes cause shortages at the end of the year.

Production will return to normal in January.

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Are there any other questions or comments?

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JonnyBoy: I'm starting to believe there is a strong chance there have been some misdiagnosises. Delusion isn't a side-effect of ADD or ADHD that I've ever experienced. Obviously there are plenty of us who had no problem filling scripts so perhaps this is all a ploy to get these people on the right meds. If they can't get Adderall, they visit the Dr and he re-evaluates. That's the only conspiracy that makes any sense to me. Besides, don't you think the manufacturer would be MORE than happy to say the FDA is restricting production if it were true? They would be all over the place telling us all to write congress. We just have to concede some people are clueless. Adderall doesn't cure dumb.

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I hear that the shortage will last into 2012 but who knows?
I'm taking this otc supplement called AddieUP and I think it might work better for me then adderall anyway...

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Hello :) We order all strengths of adderall on a daily basis in the hopes that one day it will arrive. there is simply not enough to meet the national demand for it. There is also no estimated time as to when it will be back on the market unfortunately. I saw it for the first time in about six months a few weeks ago, however I haven't seen it arrive since. Just an unfortunate oversight!

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fyi - cvs, port jeff station, ny (long island) has just given me news yesterday that they do not expect adderall until after jan, look to foculin. but since i am not happy w/ foculin results (higher anxiety), i am not a happy camper. meds run out today, time to call psychiatrist to write a new rx AGAIN!!

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I got my 12.5 mg Adderall prescription, "re-written, by going to my Psychiatrist, as the entire city of over 650,000 people is sold out of 6 of the 7 milligram generic dose pills formulations of Barr Labs, (now Teva of Sellersville PA) except one pharmacy I found that saved the last one and 1/2 bottles of 10 mg NDC Code
0555-0972-02 of 100 tablets of ten mg "Mixed Salts of Single Entity Amphetamine Product". Only Walgreen's was left with the 10 mg only size of Core Pharmaceutical generic Mixed Amphetamine Salts, and, when I tried Core 20 mg about two yrs ago, the pill bottle said, Ranbaxy, and the pill id was identical to (then) Ranbaxy of India, and, I experienced mood swings, and a headache, and, it did not feel twice as strong as the Barr Labs 10 mg I was accustomed to taking. Here are the official statistics from page 185 of the 2009 REDBOOK Pharmacy's Fundamental Reference for calender year Jan 1 thru Dec 31, 2008 of the top 200 generic RX drugs dispensed according to Verispan's Vector One Reports: No 84th position was Amphetamine Salts Combo with 5,921,355 prescriptions filled in independant pharmacies, chain, food store, mass merchandiser, and deep discount pharmacies. No. 197 was "methylphenidate" with
1,723,049 prescriptions filled. I counted 10 controlled substances that outsold in generic form Adderall, with no 1 the C-III Hydrocodone with APAP @121,265,610 prescriptions filled, and, the top selling C-II prescrition during 2008, was No 18 "Oxycodone with APAP" with 26,243,313 prescriptons filled, we are talking about a 400% + increase in "generic Percocet C-II rx's filled over generic Adderall rx's, and a 20 times fold increase in generic "Vicodin" rx's C-III filled over Adderall. and four (4) more C-II rx's in the top 200 generic scripts that were all Narcotic analgesics, (after) generic Adderall. Obviously, generic Ritalin, has fallen behind in sales from generic Adderall. "In the top 200 selling brand name patent protected stimulants, "Adderall XR" was in position No 30 with 8,799,465 rx's prescribed in 2008, with "Concerta" close behind ranked No. 34 with this many rx's prescribed 7,863,354. and No. 98 was the C-II stimulant, "Vyvanse" with 3,087,613 rx's filled compared to one year earlier, REDBOOK 2007 for calender year 2007, Adderall XR moved up from position # 36 six notches to #30 in 12 months, while, "Concerta" moved up from 2007 #44 up 10 notches to # 34. Finally a comparison to ten years prior, in 1997, from "top 200 brand and generic prescriptions written, "only #106 generic Methyphedidate was ranked by mfg (then) MD Pharma, and #198 "Ritalin Brand Name" by Novartis was ranked in the top 200 combined brand and generic rankings by Pharmacy Times Magazine, 33rd Annual Top 200 Drugs section according to IMS America. It is most interesting to note that out of the FDA's eighteen (18) quality control rankings that Number One ranked Glaxo Smith Kline Orange Book ranking of "AA" consistently was the only amphetamine/dextroamphetamine/methamphatamine prescription drug called :Dexedrine Sulfate (orange hearts embossed E-19) triangular shaped tabs on the market from 1942 until GSK pulled them off of the market in 2009, has not made the top 200 list since the beginning of the BNDD 1970 which morphed into the DEA in 1973, since approximately 1970/71/72. IMHO a real loss to ADD ADHD patients, as "Adderall XR" on page 174 orange book ranking is at the bottom of the list #17 with a EE ranking defined as "This entry has not been evaluated by the FDA at press time, but a rating is not available for this labeler's product" press time for 2009 REDBOOK the first quarter of 2009. ISBN #
97815637063 113th yr of publication by PDR Inc. just like "Fisons Biphetamine was removed from the market place in 1999, and Abbotts 10 and 15 mg sustained release Desoxyn was also removed from the marketplace, due to alleged poor sales, to the booming Adult ADD (long overdue) Diagnosis of the neurological disorder. Adderall was just a Richwood Pharma license purchase in 1993 of the twenty yes 25 year old mixed amphetamine salts formula of "Obetrol" mfg was Rexal Pharma of Brooklyn NY Source: PDR's 1968,1973,1978, 1985, (when methamphetamine was 50% of the formula, and PDR, 1993, when the PDR shows a formula change for Obetrol with PDR' listing change of "the identical formula that Richwood Pharma purchased from Rexar the following year, as the 1993 PDR was based on data from August of 1992, before Adderall was "conceived", in the summer of 1993. first showing up in the 1994 PDR. Just my 2 cents worth.

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? Are you serious with this post? "omg, please i need my adderAll prescirption so i can take it and feverishly type nonsense novel long posts in online forums about it.... Wow its a good thing the world isnt missing your hard work, concentration, and dedication to ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING. Congratulations!

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? Are you serious with this post? This is you: "omg, please i need my adderAll prescirption so i can take it and feverishly type nonsense novel long posts in online forums about it...." Wow its a good thing the world isnt missing your hard work, concentration, and dedication to ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING. Congratulations!

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I take Adderall 30 mg 3 x a day here in Delaware and there are no shortages here,

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his "shortage" is grade A drug company BS. What should happen is our (useless) congress should pass a law that says "If the generic is not available the the brand name has to be sold at the generics price." This attention created upside, everyone is trying to make alternatives like ADDieUP which got me cruising better then then more light hearted alternatives

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Is Adderall brand or generic still available in Canada, such as British Columbia? I have three (3) Adderall scripts, and my bags are packed for a vacation at the Whistler Blackcomb Ski Resort for some serious snowmobiling. I heard one should avoid the walk in clinics in the big ciies, but the small town MD's are more friendly.....Is Adderall still backordered in Canada my Canadian friends? I have 2 scripts for 12.5 mg x 90 tabs, and one script for 10mg tabs x 90 tabs. Anyone from Canada online this weekend? I thank you in advance.

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Well I was told the same thing about the dextroamphetamine. I was told waiy until the new year, but that came and went, it's now January 23,2012 and nothing. My son is 14 years old and has beentaking this medication since he was 9 years old. They tried adderall and it gave a bad migrane.Why is this happening? Who can I call to get some information?

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I take Adderall 30 mg 3 x a day My Dr write's me for #90 a month and thank GOD i'm not having that problem. I know of at least 3 pharmaceys that do have it . I'm not sure why other places say they dont but mine said i have nothing to worry about the place he gets his from is in full stock for quite a while. I take mine for ADHD that one post was right though there are way to many people being prescribed it that should not be. I was on Ritalin since i was 9 yrs old and was switched to Adderall like 7yrs ago. I'm 44 yrs old now.

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