Adderall Ir 30mg Actavis (Top voted first)

I have been taking Adderall IR 30mg twice a day for years. In the past, I've noticed that some generics seemed to work better than others but it wasn't anything I couldn't live with. On Friday, my pharmacy filled my RX with a generic I had not seen before.

I noticed on Sat that I wasn't feeling well. I felt very fatigued, tired, no energy. On Sunday, it was worse. Then today it was impossible! I felt like I had taken a sleeping pill. I could not stay awake! I fell asleep, wherever and whenever I became still. I fell asleep, three times, at my kitchen counter. I woke up and my head was literally on the kitchen counter. I fell asleep on the toilet while going pee multiple times. It finally occurred to me to look up this generic adderall. When I saw that it's manufactured by Actavis, I knew this had to be the problem! I am also prescribed Fentanyl pain patches and was given the Actavis brand once. They were awful. It was as if I didn't have a patch at all. To confirm my theory that the Actavis adderall is causing my intense sleeping issue, I borrowed a 30mg Adderall from my daughter. I have not had an issue, not once, after taking a different brand of Adderall. So what can I do about this? I don't think the pharmacy will exchange them?

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As I suspected, the pharmacy would not exchange them. The pharmacist said that they had not received any other complaints. They did tell me I could call the FDA hotline and report my reaction. So I did call the FDA and they recorded my information. As I understand it, when the FDA receives enough complaints about a specific drug or manufacturer, they will investigate.

This month, I asked which generic version they had in stock before they filled it. When they told me Actavis, I asked for my RX back and went to a different pharmacy!

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@RLong,

Sorry to hear about your situation. I too doubt that the pharmacy will be willing to exchange them. But at the same time they should probably still be made aware of (& held accountable to) the discrepancies going on between different manufacturer's brands/generics that they constantly switch around at the time of refill. I think the only way to safe guard yourself against this happening in the future is to have your doctor specify a particular manufacturer's tablet that works best for you. This way the pharmacy will have to comply with what the doctor ordered and save the other "placebos" for trick or treat amongst themselves, until they realize that quality assurance really is a BIG deal.

Does anyone else have thoughts to add?

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What came of your situation?

More or less same story - exhausted also stomach pain headaches feel "prickly" skin

It's been since Wednesday so 1 week.

Today I took more to see if it would kick in - literally physiologically nothing happened beyond fatigue - I took the most I ever took In my life - I can't sleep regardless - I have been up this late the last 4 nights.

If it was actual medicine the dose I took should have killed me and I am 110lbs

It is impossible.

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I was prescribed the generic form of adderall about 3 years ago. It worked well and helped me so much. I have always taken frequent "days off" or breaks from taking it, so it would not stop working or wear off. A couple months ago, it seemed to stop working. I thought it was just me. I have a very hard time in the Fall, and I have also been going through some extreme stress, trying to take care of an aging parent. But, my fatigue, brainfog, apathy, and extreme depressive symptoms have just been getting worse and worse each day. I can barely move, can't seem to get up, function, or even want to do anything at all. I am used to having to force myself to do anything, and the medicine really helped make this 50% easier. Now, I can't even force myself to do anything. And it seems like the medicine is doing nothing. I did finally notice that I've been getting new and unfamiliar generic brands of this drug for at least the past two months. I am wondering if this has anything to do with my horrible decline. Does anyone know? The last month's pills were white (sorry, I don't have the energy to look up the manufacturer). This month, the pills are yellow, made by Sun Pharma. I was sure that it is just me, and life stressors that have brought me down so low, and the medicine is just losing it's efficacy. But, I have to try to invesitigate the possibility of this being a difference due to various drug brands. Please help, if you can, just by sharing anything you might know about this puzzle. Thank you. Oh, Happy New Year to you, whoever you are. I am not feeling that happy, but I do hope that you are.

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I had the same issues with Actavis 30 XR, including more frequent urination. I felt like I could sleep anywhere at anytime. Brain fog, worse than being on no drug at all. I cannot imagine how it has been in anyway a successful drug for anyone.

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Yeah they're weak but no withdrawal on them so the active ingredients measure up. However, an inactive ingredient present in them seem to be making these much less efficient I find myself staring at a wall and getting nothing done. My pharmacy called and apologized and said they will never order that particular generic again;/

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Re: ToughingItOut (# 5)

I’ve taken ADDERALL 20mg for over 10 years! During the summer of 2017; my generic ADDERALL was changed to a yellow tablet manufactured by “SUN”. I started getting my prescription mixed with some of the ones I had taken previously. I, like you, had a lot of things going on in my life. I thought my increased depression; being too fatigued to DO ANYTHING, etc. was based on what was going on in my life. On 12-28-17; my ADDERALL prescription contained nothing but these YELLOW TABLETS made by “SUN”. I have not did ANYTHING. I can’t even get myself to take a bath. THESE PILLS DO NOT WORK AT ALL FOR ME. My prescription is not even covered by my insurance! Since January of 2017 I’ve had to pay full cost outright. ADDERALL is the only medication I’ve taken that has helped. I’ve been on too many combinations of meds to count. I have been involved in all medical treatments available to me. After reading yours and another person’s message, about this same medication; I thought I needed to write this. I called my pharmacist yesterday; I told him these pills do not help me at all. I don’t know if he believed me or not. I’ve taken them for so long; I KNOW THESE DO NOT HELP ME! Can someone help me? I’m DESPERATE!!! I’m sitting here alone; barely able to move everyday. I left messages at my doctor’s office to see what they could do. I was blaming my life situation on the WHOLE reason for my increased depression. Yes, it’s a factor. But, I’ve had other stressful things occur in past 10 plus years; this did not effect my ADDERALL from working. Please help!!!

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