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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: Maggie (# 604)

You right. I tried to fill in early September at CVS in Massachusetts and was timed there was no stock in the state.
I went today and still none at CVS. I will get to the bottom of this!

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Re: Maggie (# 619)

Im in CA so no , doesn't help me but thank you for trying to help. Does barr labs still exist?
What I don't understand is why the pharmacist seems to think that insurance won't pay for one generic but will cover another. The only way around the pharmacy I go to trying to force a specific mfr generic that doesn't work on me and has terrible side effects was to start having the doctor write the name of the one generic that does work on the scripts and say (generic that works enter name here ONLY)
So it feels like in order to get even they are now saying that it's going to be 2 weeks for that mfr 's generic to be available.
Which is fine. I will wait it out. Im not that dependent on it although it does make life a little easier . Thank God I'm working the night shift or I would be screwed and probably get fired if I had a day job at a desk all day.

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I am in Idaho and can't get my usual Orange adderall 20mg. I have tried for 2 weeks. It is not insurance again not insurance. I ended up at a mom and pop shop that had them. Got home and they were yellow with MP on it. They are freaking crap. I would go as far to say fake. Something is up.

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Re: Ridgerunner007 (# 638)

The generics are now the main players in the market. They have monopolized the market and formed agreements. They have contracts with major sellers, thereby locking them in for a set time frame. They have also begun obtaining most drugs from outside of the United States, and beyond the lazy-watch of the FDA. The makers are allowed to conduct evaluations and "self-report" their outcomes for their drugs to the FDA. What I am noticing is that there is a shell game going on with the adderall generic. For some months the company producing a decent med is mentioned, and then later, it is another company being touted as decent, while the previous first choice is not working entirely.

Then they tell you that their is a "shortage" (so you will simply take the bag handed you at the pharmacy and leave. Feeling fortunate that you got your medication). The shortage is happening because the major drug company is not the actual maker of the drug. The makers supply several drug SELLERS. The drug maker is told by the SELLER to meet their set price point for the drug or else. The maker in an effort to meet the set price point for the drug SELLER, is modifying the ingredients in the drugs. They are not manufacturing for quality, but to meet... the set price... from the SELLER. Notice, defective drugs are (still) non-returnable. Meaning once they got your money...they got your money. If they were returnable...this crxp would stop. Your credit card company (even) will not allow you to stop payment on a drug do to it being ineffective.

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Every pharmacy I've tried in NoVA Fairfax County has been telling me they're out. I just called Walgreens and they were happy to tell me they have it! So I'm thinking some places will lie to you. Which is f***ed up considering what we go through when they cut us off like this.

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I’m dealing with this in Miami right now. I can’t find anywhere that will fill my 20mg Adderall prescription. I’ve been taking this medication for years and have never had this issue so I feel kind of...lost? How can they just not have it? How long can this last? I’ve called every pharmacy I can think of, small independent ones too and it’s no where to be found. Does anyone have any insight or advice?

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Re: DotOV (# 691)

Yes, IMHO, the "shortage problem" (even in the 1st new quarter of 2019) for Adderall is due to the Fed regulators who mandated cut backs on amphetamine production (now several years ago) ... "Adderall is in very short supply IMHO from at least Northern VA to FL" ... I had a pharmacist tell me last week of Jan 2019 my large urban city was sold out of Adderall" all generics ... all sizes ... my Psychiatrist last week while in his office was receiving calls from his patients who also could not get their Adderall script filled (especially higher doses)

this M.D. rewrote a RX for a smaller size of Adderall from 20 mg to more common 10 mg for several patients ... "not a cure all" but easier for pharmacists to work with ... I was there I saw my M.D do this, he was also frustrated as well ... in January 2019 I had to shop 3 different pharmacies ... even for my "generic" for former "DextroStat"..10 mg X 60 tabs

I am picky don't want "certain generic manufacturers"... why? school of hard knocks...

Issue #2 continues IMHO to be the unstable consistency of high quality in many generics for Adderall I/R (especially) ... been going on now for about 5 years in row...

just my 2 cents worth...

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Re: Pappy (# 684)

I was given Mallinckrodt last month (didn’t know that’s what the pharmacist gave me until I got home). These are the WORST generic Adderall EVER! First morning I took one-absolutely nothing, so I tried to psych myself into focusing on my job the best I could. Then I actually started feeling really tired, almost like a “crashing” feeling, so I took my next due dose. About 2 hours later I broke out in a cold sweat, heart racing, nausea & felt like I was going to pass out. I had to finish this big job I was on & could not even sit down or slow down due to deadlines on this contract job. I thought maybe I was coming down with the flu & my head was in this strange fog. I rushed through the job so I could get home & lay down. I never get sick & this was freaking me out. After a few hours I started to feel better & by the evening I was perfectly fine. I was thankful it wasn’t the flu & only THEN did I realize that it had to be the medicine I took earlier. Scared the sh*t out of me- I felt like I was having a heart attack! I threw the whole bottle in the trash after that. Not only was I out $78 cash that this crap cost me for this bogus, “God knows what’s in it” generic product, I also had to rough out the whole month without my medicine. First of all, a pharmacist should tell you that they switched your regular brand before you pay, or get the bottle home & then find out-because unlike ANY other bad consumer product you have no option whatsoever for a refund or exchange when you get ripped off by a drug manufacturer. So yeah, Mellenckrodt sucks & is possibly dangerous!

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Re: Wendy (# 737)

Same I feel so crummy. 2 weeks no medicine. It's really messing up my day to day. I suffer from hypothyroidism and I've never abused my medicine. I start school again soon and I'm afraid that I'm not going to be able to focus properly.

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Yes. My Walgreens has now said for three days it is on back order which isn’t the first time this has happened. What bothers me is Walgreens having no new date nor valid reason for this to happen.
My scripts are sent electronically which means I have to call my doctor to change my script because they are non transferable.
Walgreens referring their customers to other non Walgreens pharmacy seems like terrible business. This will be the last time I have anything sent to them because they are very unreliable. Ugh…

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I have been waiting on my adderall 30mg since 10/15/21 and still nothing… no explanation as to when it will come in!! I can't wait to get on that class action bandwagon!! Walgreens needs to close its doors.

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I have been waiting a week now for adderall 20mg 2x/day and they keep saying it is being ordered.

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Still on backorder? I'm not seeing any updates so I'm hoping for the best.

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Walgreens is ridiculous two of my kids get this medication due on the same day they fill one not the other and tell me it's out of stock and they don't know when it will be back. They can't order from a different manufacturer. They tell you go to a different pharmacy only the script is electronic so that's not possible without a new Dr appointment not to mention no pharmacy will tell you if they have it in stock IF they do they don't take new customers. ?? Walgreens does not care.

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Re: Charlie (# 885)

Cvs and walgreens will NOT tell us, the patient/customer ANYTHING..

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Re: TLea (# 912)

This is NOT RIGHT, I have been on this medication for years, never experienced this before(out of stock) . I contacted FDA and here is there repky:

Thank you for the notification to the FDA Drug Shortage Staff. Currently, the manufacturer for Adderall XR is reporting all strengths are available.
So WHY cant we get our prescriptions filled here in SWFL???

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Re: Walgreenie (# 925)

Yes, I’m in Jacksonville Florida. I finally got a pharmacist on the phone yesterday with enough common sense to have an adult conversation with me about my medication. EVERYONE I spoke to at four different pharmacies refused to discuss their inventory because it’s a controlled substance. Anyway, she told me the shortage they were experiencing was only 10mg and 30mg tablets so she could fill my prescription immediately if my doctor called and changed everything to 20mg tablets.

My doctor did that this morning and I just left Walgreens with my monthly prescription. It was TEVA again. I’ve only been prescribed Adderall for a couple of years and have been taking TEVA’s generic for all but two months. Those two months I received LANNET I had to completely change my dosage because it was SO much stronger than what I was used to with TEVA.

I hope this helps someone dealing with the same issues!

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Wow, 10 years later and I'm still using this board for the same issues. Amazing......

Anyway, as to current events, I don't think there's a shortage at all. Given that most seem to use Walgreens, like me, I'm suspicious Walgreens is conducting some sort of internal crackdown on controlled drugs and turning people away intentionally.

See, I've been on the same treatment since spring of last year. My psychiatrist decided to put me on a dose of Adderall XR in AM and Adderall IR in the afternoon. Have been filling at same Walgreens since last May with no issues. Then this happens.

So last month I get my escript sent in like usual. Lately, I've been waiting until day 30 or 31 to pick it up bc even thoug my insurance allows for day 28 or 29 refills, they'll only fill XR before 30 days. Whatever, so I go to pick it up on a Friday evening, well within the allowed timeframe for refill. They don't have it ready so my spouse and I grab a couple snacks and checkout upfront then return to the pharmacy. As I'm standing in the waiting area a tech tells the (presumably) pharmacist on duty that -last name- is back. She calls me over and starts asking me about my Adderall scripts and I explain to her the way I take it, which is how my doc prescribes it. She walks away and a few mins later the tech calls me to check out. She only has XR script and I tell her there should be two. She walks over to the pharmacist woman that called me over before and comes back and tells me "we don't have it." WHAT? She says, "check on Monday, we should have a truck by then"... My husband nudges me away and tells me he thinks something weird was going on and that I should try calling in the morning. I agree but am not hopeful bc why would these women straight-up lie to me like that? LOW AND BEHOLD, I called the next morning and a different person said he'd have it ready and I picked it up in like, 2 hours. Weird right? The evening before, about 8pm, they didn't have it. The next morning, a Saturday and around 11 am, they have it and fill it with no problem.

Now this month. Same thing, XR was filled IR shows "pending pharmacist review." So I call thinking they're just behind again. The pharmacist who answers proceeds to tell me, "we don't have it." So I say to him, "Okayyyyy, what do you suggest I do then??" That's when he starts to ramble off a bunch of stuff and honestly I'm having trouble understanding him. He says something about "customer cap" and something "too high." Then he takes another second before saying, "I can fill it this month but I'm not sure I'll be able to next month." Now I'm very confused. A couple hours later I go to pick it up. They're not that busy so as the tech is checking me out I ask her if I can speak to the pharmacist. She asks why and I tell her I spoke on the phone earlier and was confused about what the pharmacist told me and just wanted to clarify. She walks over to the pharmacist and comes back and says something about it being a supply issue and they may not fill it next month. I reply, "OH, so it's just an inventory problem?" "Yes." I say, "Oh ok." Spouse is with me again and as we turn the corner I ask him, "Did she (tech) seem weird just now? That felt weird." He says to me, "Oh yea, her whole demeanor changed when she tried to say to you it was a supply issue."

So, as I said, I've been on this treatment for at least the last 10 years. I have never had the pharmacy employees in Walgreens do this. Two months in a row they told me they couldn't fill one of my Add scripts just for them to turn around and fill the same script. I don't know what is going on, but per some reading, I have noticed a trend with Walgreens in particular. When they have to pay out a lawsuit they tend to overcorrect. It appears to have started (with controlled meds anyway) in 2013 after they had to pay a massive fine from the DEA. That's when they initiated their "Good Faith Policy" where pharmacists were instructed to screen customers as if they were dealers or addicts.

In summary, I suspect this has something to do with the Ohio lawsuit that Walgreens (along with Walmart, CVS, and I think Riteaid) just lost in November, which is now causing a chain reaction because due to the outcome of that case, other municipalities are beginning to file similar lawsuits as well. Obviously, this is all just my own speculation. But the last week or so I have continued to check the FDA and another site someone posted a while back in the thread and it does not appear there is a legitimate shortage. I have experienced times when there were actual shortages and it was always indicated at the very least on the FDA website.

These are just my conclusions on the matter, but I'm already planning on inquiring with a locally-owned pharmacy across the street from my current Walgreens because, in my specific situation, I've had the pharmacists lie to me 2 months in a row and tell me they were out of 30 IR, when they indeed were able to fill my medication and did so when I questioned it or waited until it was a different shift with different employees. If they're being instructed to cut back on controlled prescriptions that they fill they should just say so, instead of lying and sending patients into a whirlwind of stress and anxiety wondering what is going on.

Yes, I am also in Florida, Duval Co. I'm including some of the articles I've read.

Pertaining to Ohio 2021 settlement: - https:/­/­finance.yahoo.com/­news/­1-u-jury-says-cvs-192000563.html

Info about Good Faith Policy:
- https:/­/­www.ncmedsoc.org/­new-walgreens-policy-for-controlled-substances-prescriptions/­
- https:/­/­theaddictionscoach.com/­walgreens-secretly-deciding-script-approved-refill-fair-unfair/­
- https:/­/­connect.ashp.org/­blogs/­ernest-dole/­2013/­06/­15/­walgreens-their-good-faith-dispensing-policy-and-the-future-of-pharmacy?ssopc=1

Fine from 2013 "Largest under the Controlled Substances Act": -
https:/­/­www.usatoday.com/­story/­news/­nation/­2013/­06/­11/­walgreens-drug-oxycodone-license-80-million/­2412451/­

Similar cases where GFP was used to discriminate to women getting birth-control prescriptions: - https:/­/­www.boardvitals.com/­blog/­pharmacists-rights-to-refuse/­

CURRENT status of manufacturers:
- https:/­/­www.accessdata.fda.gov/­scripts/­drugshortages/­dsp_ActiveIngredientDetails.cfm?AI=Amphetamine+Aspartate%3B+Amphetamine+Sulfate%3B+Dextroamphetamine+Saccharate%3B+Dextroamphetamine+Sulfate+Tablets&st=c&tab=tabs-4&panels=0#
- https:/­/­www.ashp.org/­drug-shortages/­current-shortages/­drug-shortage-detail.aspx?id=535&loginreturnUrl=SSOCheckOnly

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Re: swim (# 934)

War is not the blame. DEA gives manufacturers an amount they can produce. DEA is BS. My wife takes this and it's No STOCK. This is BS children are really suffering in school. Grades going down big time.

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Same her in Pennsylvania. I tried 12 pharmacies yesterday.

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