Adderall Manufactured By Teva Not Working (Page 25)

I have had two refills of Adderall 20 mg that was manufactured by Teva/barr (Teva) and it seems to have much less medication in each pill. Refills by another manufacturer work. This is ridiculous, and where do we report Teva and who can check each pill for amount for medication? I would gladly donate some of my worthless ones to the FDA?

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Has anyone tried the generic made by Mylan? If so please comment

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I reported this issue to the FDA the other day. Someone posted earlier in the thread with the link. Please report them too! This is not okay. We rely on this stuff.

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Thanks for your post ! I have had the same problem this brand that is orange and printed u30 I swear is sugar pills . I am a RN and I want to take them somewhere to find out exactly what they are because they ARE NOT ADDERALL! Last month I also got pink ones that didn't work either . I have told my pharmacy numerous times because I feel I get either these horrible u30 ones or the pink ones most of the time and the pharmacist doesn't seem to care .

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Re: Tori33 (# 483)

I understand how you feel!!! I also would like to take them somewhere to see exactly what is in them!! I get my prescription filled @ Walgreens. They are orange & shaped like a football. The imprint on one side is -20- & the other side( -b- )
( 973)

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Re: Rjk88 (# 479)

I have had the exact SAME PROBLEM!! How do I file a complaint with the FDA? I definitely want to do that! Thank you!!

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I have the same issue!!!! I am prescribed 2 20’s a day and 1 30 in the AM and the 20 are the football ones that taste sweet. Today i took literally double of all of my doses and literally NOTHING. Went to bed at 9 with no help or sleep aid after taking a 20mg at 8pm. It’s insane and these are crap. These also make my anti anxiety mess and my pain relief meds(all prescribed) extremely difficult to take. I get SO SICK. Anyone else get sick when taking they’re normal other prescriptions in the same day as the footballs? Most Walgreens supplies these, try a pharmacy inside of a grocery store. My local grocery store carries the good generic U31’s and the round 20’s. Where do i report to the FDA?

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Re: SavannahJo (# 486)

fda.gov/scripts/medwatch

This is where you report it. If the link doesn’t work google FDA medwatch form 3500B

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Re: My name (# 476)
I'm having the same issues here in TX with CVS dispensed Adderall Barr, 20/B-973, not working at all, I mean zero effect.

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I take teva brand 10mg Amphetamine Salts (blue IR pills) with a good result, and have been for many years, (for narcolepsy). My old doctor used to give me 10s 4x/day. Sometimes I would take 2 at a time when driving longer distances,
or needing to avoid extra sleepiness depending on the activity I was needing to be awake for, but still never more than my prescribed 40 mg in a day. Always had good results with the blue ones. My new doctor switched it to 2 20mg pills a day, and said to split them in half. Also Teva brand, but now orange IR pills. Still 40mg a day. And they are garbage. Completely different in some way that I cannot understand. Literally feel like I'm taking a sugar pill.

I've been trying to research why, and I tried all these tricks people have given about taking my meds with Tums (to help increase absorption), and NOTHING. Exhausted and irritable. No energy, and only the crappy side effects remained (yet seeming intensified even more so). HELP? Why? When I looked this up it says the ingredients are the same, just in double the amount. Could this be right?

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I am having the exact same issue. In fact, due to a past experience with a well known pharmacy I keep and document everything. Here's my findings so far, and suddenly my psychologist isn't being as responsive as usual and I self pay The Teva/Barr 20 mg IR peach oval shaped are imprinted with b 973 2 0, and they are pathetic. I find myself falling asleep driving to and from work, at work, and they have zero effectiveness except for an onset of depression and extreme fatigue and the desire to do nothing.
After putting some thought into this, I checked out my previous bottles and I've been getting the IR 20 mg light orange round ones with the imprint U30. I took one this am I happened to find laying in my dresser and got a better response. However over the last three months, all from CVS, have seemed to have gone downhill and I've been on the same script for nearly 9 years.I know my body and my mind, and this stuff is getting less effective and no, it isn't called tolerance.....

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Someone needs to do something. The answer is on the internet. I just don't know what we can do about it. All i will say is all adhd medications are junk. The fda and dea have teamed up to get rid of drugs for adhd. Come on, there's a reason why teva bought out and sold and stopped making it, because if they own all them they can get rid of it. They had help too from a couple more companies like core pharma. So please someone do your homework, look it up. I just don't know who to tell?

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I have been taking 20mg of Aurolife/Aurobindo with the U30 on them for the past 3 years. Prior to that I was taking the Barr 973 tabs. In 2012 I had a severe reaction when I drank caffeine from the Barr brand and haven't been able to drink caffeine since.

I refilled my RX in October 2017 and was given the new Teva(who bought Barr). I was out of work for a full week with what I thought was the FLU! My body felt as though it was completely shutting down. After taking a half of the 20mg I would break out into uncontrollable sweats, had a 99.7 fever, could not keep my eyes open, and had zero energy...NONE. I found this link and did report them to the FDA. On top of that I called my Cigna Home Delivery pharmacy who sent the Teva's and within the 4 weeks that I had filled it they had pulled them from their supply and said they were back to Aurolife. I found a few old Aurolife tabs in old purses and was back to feeling myself in no time. I know everyone has different experiences with different brands but I find the Aurolife to be the best ones, there is something SEVERELY wrong with the Teva's right now and I think pharmacies know it but aren't telling us. I'm extremely nervous what was in these to make my body lose all function. PLEASE report them if you have had any issues.

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Thank you!!! I have felt terrible for the past two months, and I absolutely believe it is the Teva 20mg bid. I swear to you, I was about to make an apot with an Oncologist, because I thought my cancer was back! So tired, regardless of how must sleep I get. I have been busy with a new puppy, and missed my morning dose a couple of times. I felt so much better without it, and thought, "Wow, I feel normal again." Then took the dose after discovering that I hadn't, and within an hour I started going downhill. Just went to 3 pharmacies - the first two only have Teva - Safeway had Auro. I have read good and bad things about them, more good recently, so we shall see. FWIW - I was NOT the first person to complain to my pharmacist about Teva.

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Re: SavannahJo (# 486)

Terrible bloating and in general feeling badly after taking Teva generic peach oval 20 mgs tablets. It is very helpful to hear others experiences to identify the source. It is kind of scary how much different generics can vary.

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I was on 20mg IR Aurabindo (spelling?) for 10months with no problems. Then got these Barr orange footballs last month. I didn't question it at first but thank God for this post, because I thought I was going nuts or going through some Holiday related depression.

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Re: JT (# 495)

Yes!! I had been taking the Aurobindo ones for months until this last script and CAN'T BELIEVE the difference btw the pink round tablets (good) and orange oval ones (terrible).

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Re: Rjk88 (# 479)

I am going to do the same thing and report it. Have you had any response from the FDA?

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Re: Jojo (# 497)


The concept of generic drugs is a multi-billion dollar scam. Teva is one of if not the worst manufacturer of generic products. Their attempt to duplicate OxyContin was a dismal failure. When I took it I began to immediately go into withdrawals. That cost me my job. It is a shame that Teva is buying so many drug manufacturers.

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Prescribed TEVA on 11/09/2017... they suck...tired as heck all the time... I was taking the Barr brand from Wal-Mart or Shire when my insurance would allow it. Insurance seems to change every f****n year. These pills are not the same --inferior ingredients for sure.

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Re: bmorefit1 (# 499)

I pay for the Adderall Brand 30 mg - and yes, Teva produces this (but in another plant).

For 60, my insurance co-co-pay is $100 bucks. Expensive? Yes. Worth the cost? Yes.

They are excellent, smooth, no real side effects and do what they are supposed to do!

I have a medical account that is deducted from my paycheck and use this Visa to cover the cost..

Unfortunately this cost is prohibitive for many but you will get out of the "which crap generic do I get this month!" ...my Doc writes "Brand Necessary" on script.

Good luck!

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