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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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Molly, if you don't mind my asking; where did you get your 90 day supply and how much was it? Or did you insurance pick it up? Thanks.

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I just checked up on this since I am now down to a week's supply of generic adderall xr. my nightmare started 8/18/11 when i submitted my 3 month rx for generic adderall ir 5 mg. since i am bi-polar w/ add, i must have flexibility with my meds on a daily basis, so i WAS taking 5-10mg ir 6am, 10mg xr 9am, 10mg 1pm, occasionnally i would need to bring down the ir to 5mg in the morning or skip a 10mg xr in the afternoon and go to a 5mg ir. since my patterns follow my hormone cycle (female!), this is a dizzying roller-coaster for me and my drs. BUT it was working... until I had to submit my rx in august. it was on backorder, they were waiting for shipment, etc etc, until i had less than a week until my rx would expire. i had to change to a 10mg rx, which meant driving 40 miles to my dr (from work is only 10, but from home is 40!) to p/u the new rx. then it took more than 2 weeks for them to have enough to fill even a 30 day rx.
i had to go through 4 rx's to get any new meds:
90 day rx for 5mg generic adderall
30 day rx for 10mg generic adderall
90 day rx for ritalin - also nonexistent
finally was able to use a 90 day rx for generic foculin 10mg, and pharmacist was kind enough to give me what he had even though it was less then the rx.
this is also the drug my son takes in rx form. (fyi, his meds are coming up for renewal, too - he's 8 and state tests are coming - fabulous!)
BOTTOM LINE - it took over 8 weeks and 4 rx's to get a med that sorta works. i'm not thrilled with the new results after being on it for weeks and i am still rationing it out to last until jan 2012 when they say the shortage will end. i'm not confident at all as my company is restructuring our dept and we are all being reviewed per our productivity as to what tasks we may have in the future!! ps.. my productivity is in the toilet, despite being the go-to person for answers, and my 20 yr employment there is not being factored in. this should be a fun winter!
i can't wait to see what fun nonsense awaits me for the 2 new rx's i will have to get from my psy and my son's neuro...people w/ add should not have to work this hard to get meds that allow them to function.
oh, and my husband is just oh-so thrilled with the ssullen, miserable changing to screaming b**** that lives here now... and i'm not thrilled either.

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Well its been awhile. After reading through all the new stuff it should be apparent that a 3 month supply is indeed possible. I managed to find my local randalls was getting a supply of 20s in, so I'm on 1.5 twice a day till the end of January. Almost went to vyvanse till i read all the horrible stuff on here about it.

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Wow Rhonda, was that a necessary reply? Are you passive aggressive or just someone with too much time on her hands? I was exchanging information, you're just making sarcastic comments. I hadn't realized that was why this thread was here. Thanks though for celebrating in my success. I hope everyone has better luck in obtaining their medications in a timely fashion.

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Well Goody for you Molly

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You can definitely get a 90 day prescription for Adderall, that's how my prescriptions are required to be for my insurance company. You can only get 90 days and there are no refills allowed, they require a new paper prescription be written for each new 90 day supply. I just picked up my bottle of 180 10mg pills today.

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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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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 have been on original Adderall brand name since 1997,when Richwood Pharma got the name "Adderall" patent protection in Aug 1993, from, "Obetrol" mfg by
Riker Labs, Rochester, NY, a/k/a Obetrol Pharma of Brooklyn, NY, who, manufactered the "identical formula" from at least, the fall of 1977, until, the early, 1990's, when, Richwood Pharmaceutical co. Inc. NDC 58521-032-01 manufactured, the new marketing name, "Adderall" under license, from Riker, who, owns, Obetrol Pharma, both New York mfg's. from at least 1977, until, the early 1990's, its only dose, was 10mg and 20 mg , later, Richwood, offered, more doseage Instant Release versions, as the DEA/FDA quota bar was raised, due to the intense interest in "Adults with ADD or ADHD" was accepted by the medical community by studies by James Barkley M.D (1994) that Pet scans of the brain positively identified the brains of non-ADD adults, were different, than the ADD/ADHD patients, Source: ADHD in Adults ISBN
0-89862-986-1 VHS video by Guilford Publications, Inc, and other studies, and, videos, from 1992, from Dr. Barkleys 1990, published studies. Of course, everyone has heard of "Driven to Distraction" and "Answers to Distraction" written by two Medical Doctors, both with ADD.ADHD in 1994, (Edward M Hallowell M.D. & John Ratey, M.D. ISBN 0-679-42177-7 and ISBN 0-679-43973-0

By April of 2000, seven (7) mg versions of the instant release Adderall were manufactured by now, Shire-Richwood, Inc. (later just ShireUs) until at least June of 2006, when, ShireUS, still manufactured all seven (7) versions of original "Adderall I/R" in addition to continuing, Richwood Pharma's branded name, "DextroStat" (a diffferent more potent formula, of 5 mg. or 10 mg. of Dextroamphetamine sulfate tablets, in addition, to introducing, the new, "Adderall XR Capsules", in six (6) different strength mg dose levels. since at least June of 2006, (the latter, if not before that date) Source: PDR's 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1978, 1986, 2002, & 2007.

In fact, to be technically correct, the original patent holder, Rexar Inc, original formula from at least 1965 until 1973, the 4 ingredients, were, even more potent, at 10mg or 20 mg, with, Methamphetamine saccarate 2.5mg, Methamphetamine HCI 2.5mg, Amphetamine sulfate 2.5mg, and, Dextroamphetamine sulfate 2.5mg in each ten mg tab, and the 20 mg tabs, had "double the doses", the product switched somewhere between 1973 and 1977, to its present, "Obetrol to Adderall formula, (all immediate to intermediate release formulations....

All of this being said, much change and legal squabbles, (my choice of words) have taken place,in the past, 5 years. On the plus side for ADD.ADHD and Narcolepsy patients, the generic formulations, became available, with significant cost savings, on the other side of the coin, Shire US, allegedly sold out their license rights, first, to Barr Labs, a wholly owned pharma firm in the USA, then, later, the "brand name" Adderall, again, to Barr Labs, Inc of Montvale, N.J. USA, The majority of patients, I have observed at national ADDA conventions, in my interpretation, were still relatively pleased, with these changes, of ownership, and supplies, even, of the, stronger version, of DextroStat, 5mg and 10 mg, which, my Psychiatrist, rotated, with the competitor, Glaxo Smith Kline, with their, 5 mg, pure Dextroamphetamine sulfate, "orange triangular hearts embossed E-19"
the confusion, and controversary, IMHO, from taking my first, stimulants, during the year 1969, (Dexedrine Spansule 15 mg mfg by the former Smith Kline French, Philadelphia, PA, started, when "RANBAXY OF INDIA, who has world headquarters in India, and 2 plants in now, the USA, bought out 100% of Barr Labs, and Pliva Pharma, a subsidiary of Barr labs, in I estimate around December of 2008. with two USA addresses/plants in Jacksonville, Fla, and Princeton, New Jersey.

1. "DextroStat" was removed from the market, by ShireUS, or possibly Barr Labs, not sure who had the licensing rights, in 2008. (dexedrine sulfate immediate release tablets)
2. "Dexedrine Sulfate" 5 mg Immediate Release 5 mg.,after a production run since 1937, was, pulled off of the shelves during 2009, and production was ended on that competitors brand name, (in most of the 2000 yrs, was, manufactured under license, by Abbott Labs, of North Chicago, still, under license by now Glaxo Smith Kline.
3. DextoStat and Dexedrine Sulfate I/R both carried the unique "final step up in product quality" Orange Book Codes of "AA" , supplied to the FDA's therapeutic equivalence rating, but Barr Labs, made the generic version of both of the above, during 2008 and 2009, with a Orange Book Rating again of "AA" as well, as, Ethex Inc of Brigton, Missouri. SOURCE: REDBOOK 2009, Pharmacy's Fundamental Reference, 113th yr of publication, published by PDR Inc, distributed by Thomson Reuters. "both are off of the USA market, and have been, for over two years now. During 2008, and 2009, "Adderall brand name, was manufactured by another Barr Labs, subsidiary, "Duramed" still in seven (7) dose forms, as well, as, by Barr Labs generic facilities, "amphetamine salt combinations, of 5mg, 7.5 mg, 10mg, 12.5 mg, 15mg, 20mg. and 30mg. instant release combined with intermediate release of the 4 stimulant components of the formula. "Ranbaxy, the huge conglomerate, based in India, also produced, generic Adderall, officially, during 2009, as, they now own Barr Labs, and, its subsidiaries, Duramed, and, Pliva, Inc. in these mg sizes, four (4) 5mg, 10mg, 20mg, and 30mg.
4. The Average Wholesale Price of brand Adderall, in the 2009 REDBOOK, was, made at the Duramed Division of Barr Labs, was, one botttle of 100 ten mg tabs of familiar blue Adderall, for $343.33, (that is a wholesale cost of $3.43 per pill, while, Adderall "generic" form mfg by Barr Labs, also, in the 10 mg, now oval shaped blue tablet, had a AWP (Average Wholesale Cost) of a bottle of one hundred "amphetamine salts" for $137.16, that is, a wholesale cost per pill, to the pharmacy, of $1.37 each, vs. brand "Adderall" (same size) of $3.43 per pill. Also the Orange Book Code provided to the USA FDA, was classified as a "AB" defined in REDBOOK page 174 of the 2009 edition, as, quote "meets bioequivalence requirements" vs. "AA" quote "No bioequivalence problems in conventional dosage forms". Note: Orange Book did not supply a rating code, on page 236 of the 2009 edition, of brand name Adderall, which Orange Book has technically, 18 differerent "codes". (All based on "bioequivalence" of (not a quote, from 80% of the generic formula, up to 120% of the formula, meeting FDA requirements, in the USA.
NOTE: the "bioeavailability" is not regulated by the USA government, (how the body breaks down the active metabolites, and, the "buffers, fillers, that make up as much as 20% of a generic medication, IMHO, and experience since 1969, can make a significant difference, depending on individual to individual. I am trying to wrap up this discussion, on "the apparent Adderall shortage in the here and now" and not to delve in other subject criteria, I have personal and read, dozens and dozens, of, many USA citizens, disappointed, with, what I interpret as not a bioequivalence problem, but a "bioavailability problem" with some very well known meds, both for the dx 314.00 and 314.01, and 314.02 versions of ADD, and, other, entirely differenet families of medications, comparing, generic to, brand, (one example of 1/2 dozen I have is the C-IV hypnotic, Zolpidem, brand name Ambien. No more comments on that. I will conclude this query, with two statements...............

A. a quote from a now likely retired, Dallas, Texas, M.D, who had treated thousands of ADD patients, by the year 1998, for over 20 yrs, and once was on the C.H.A.D.D speaking circuit, and the ADDA.org speaking circuit"quote...........
"deep in the bowels of the USA regulators, (such as the FDA and DEA, they will not admit this in public, but my belief, is that the government regulators, have a strategy, and plan, to eliminate all forms of Schedule II stimulants, THAT ARE INSTANT RELEASE TABLETS OR CAPSULES. unquote, by Paul Elliott, M.D. @ the ADDA
4th Annual National Adult ADD conference held in Washington DC, in the spring of 1998. I was there, and I have his recorded audio cassette tape, titled "Complicatiions of Medication" ID 98175-0160 IMHO a priceless tape, I have stored for over (now) 13 years, produced by Chesapeake Audio/Video communications Inc.330 Howard Lane, Elkridge,MO 21075 AC410-796-0040
B. My last conclusion, as to the apparent shortage, (I have not personally experienced, but I live in the SE USA, in a city of over 500,000 people, and, my pharmacists, keeps a steady supply in advance, for my needs, since I have been loyal to him, and to my Psychiatrist, since 1999, for, my once a month hand delivered prescriptions of once "Dexedrine Spansule 15 mg brand name,and Richwood/ShireUS/now Barr Labs, 12.5 mg.orange tablets of instand release amphetamine/dextroamphetamine salts, mfg by Barr Labs, as well, as I converted to Barr Labs, generic version of GSK's Dexedrine Spansule one 15 mg capsule per day, also mfg by Barr Labs,as the cost dfference, is prohibitive to me, as my insurance company, will not pay one penny on the two C-II meds I take,if I demand brand name. In the year 1995, the Average wholesale costs of SK Beecham Dexedrine Spansules (brand name) was, only 33 cents a capsule for a 15 mg "spansule" "that is Dexedrine Extended Release" in a 50 count bottle for AWP of $32.30 to the pharmacy.
Source: PDR Generics 1st edt 1995, pg 821, and the Orange Book Rating was AA. On July 1, 2004, when the book was published, brand Adderall 10mg. mfg by Richwood Pharma, NDC code 58521-0032-01 in a bottle of one hundred ten mg tabets, Average Wholesale Cost was
$46.06, for "Brand Adderall_ light blue pill, with the embossment AD on it. that is 46 cents each, while, Rexar, in its final year of producing "Obetrol" in 1994, after being around, at least 30 years in a row, NDC code for 10 mg tabs 00477-5432-01 for one hundred in a bottle AWP was exactly the same as Richwood Adderall @ $46.06 per hundred. Actually, earlier in 1994, Rexar Pharma manufactured a 1,000 count bottle of "Obetrol" in the 10 mg size NDC code 00477-5432-10 @ a average wholesalew cost of $500.50 US dollars (50 cents each wholesale). IMHO, there is a critical shortage of what I call fast acting, or, instant release, forms of amphetamine, dextroamphetamine, and methamphetamine, as in my lifetime as a 20 yr old during 1969, over twenty four manufacturers marketed various versions of both these drugs, along with the amphetamine/dextroamphetamine/methamphetamine combination drugs, some with sedatives, such as Amobarbital, to sodium Pentobarbital, to even, methaqualone, to even a once combination drug of a anti-psychotic, (compazine and dextroamphetamine...SKF's
Eskatrol (compazine being a brand of prochlorperzine).
As I have hit now the hallmark age of 60 yrs old, I have seen excellent medications for those of us with a bona fide dx of ADD or ADHD or Narcolepsy, or, Refractory (treatment resistant Depression) especially in the elderly, totally disappear from the marketplace, sadly, in the past 10 to12 yrs, "Biphetamine" was finally removed from the worldwide market place around 1999, I considered a excellenet substitute for Dexedrine Extended Release Spansules, IMHO, a unfortunate stigma was attached to that med, that, Strasenburgh, Pennwalt, and eventually Fisons, were never able to overcome, during the tremendous growth of dispensing ethical C-II stimulants during the mid to late 1990's, also gone, is "Benzedrine" tablets, and "Benzedrine Sustained Release Spansules,
"Dexedrine 5 mg triangular hearts by GSK", "DextroStat in 5 and 10 mg I/R tablets, by ShireUS, and "Desoxyn" in 1999 by Abbott Labs in the outstanding 10mg and 15mg "Gradumet" a patented name, they used to curb abuse from recreational users, in a extended release version, (the 5mg I/r version is still sold, by Ovation Pharma, at outrageous prices!, IMHO Teva of Israel, and
Ranbaxy of India, have entered the market in the past 5 yrs, and, just google their products in stimulants, and one will get a the very least a lot of controversary on product quality, of stimulants, those firms produce, especially, the former fully owned Core Pharmaceutical brand of C-II stimulants, "I threw away in 2009, a 20 mg bottle of Core Pharma generic Adderall, due to the very unstable unregulated, "bioavailability" due to my suspicion of cheap buffers, that I have a co-morbid dx of multiple allergies too.
Most generics now, only carry a Orange Book rating of, AB, and the AA are becoming exceedingly rare, to the 2009 rating of "Adderall XR" in REDBOOK, via Orange Book rating of "EE" Glaxo Smith Kline, the original USA patent holders to "Dexedrine" in 1937, (then SKF), have sold all of their manufacturing rights, "by a special license" to third party manufacturers, and/or sold the name outright to their remaining once domination of the stimulant market, as, Dexedrine Spansules, are made, not by GSK, but by
Catalent Pharma Solutions, Westchester, KY, and GSK, has sold their license rights, in Canada, to others, and, even, the world headquarters, of GSK in the United Kingdom, GSK has a different manufacturer producing their landmark Dexedrine, from a firm in Ireland, that is imported to the United Kingdom. Giant Abbott Labs bailed out of the stimulant business, as mentioned earlier. With increasing world parent corporations, with their foundation, built on selling ethical pharmaceuticals, many generics, to 3rd world, undeveloped countries, I see a dismal future, for the stimulant market, both in outrageous price increases, between "brand" and "generic" quality control problems, and, a real "push" for sustained release ADD/ADHD & Narcolepsy products, rising much higher than the cost of living index, and, fewer choices, and foreign management of the remaining pharma giants. I acknowledge I have been ranting, and, have written a likely very boring response to the original question, of "why the now shortage of generic original Adderall" but with all of the changes I continue to observe in the past 40 yrs, added to the misfortune of the minority of USA and foreign citizens, who use USA C-II stimulants, for recreational purposes, the minority it seems, has ruined it for all of us, just like the bona fide chronic pain management patients, in the USA. I would not be surprised at anything happening in the future. Finally, the long reaching hands of our DEA, does have many M.D's paranoid, rightlly so, and, as recently as the years 1994 thru 1998, I could get two hundred tabs (200 ten mg Adderall, plus, 150 tabs of five mg. Dexedrine Instant Release, from my former Psychiatrist, but, that ain't going to happen, in the here and now, and has not happened since the last month of December of 2000!!!

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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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wow - aggressive message (Re: sue the manufacturers). I happen to be one of the people you are saying should sue since i'm on a rather large does and yes, withdrawal may make you agitated but it won't kill you. the impact on your work is likely to be more significant.

more importantly, it is not our right to have adderall available. It is provided by the manufacturers at their decision. That's like sueing apple because they didn't have the ipad in stock. Let's be gracious to the fact that someone is out there designing these drugs and that manufacturers have taken interest in manufacturing them to begin with.

Now - to defend your point. they need to get their s*** together. there is a market of people that want/need the drug and having this large a back order is just poor business.

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hey where r u at???? IM DOWN!!I HATE THESE PINK

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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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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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@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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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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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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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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