Best Generic Adderall Brands (Page 13) (Top voted first)

Is the round pink 30 mg Adderall generic name Sandoz/Eon with the markings of CDR 136 on one side more or less effective than the oval orange 30 mg Adderall generic name Barr/Teva with the markings of b974 on one side and 30 on the other side? What is the most effective/potent Adderall that is generic and 30 mg?

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I have stated before on here that the Sandoz generic ones are the best and Only ones to ever get!! Period!
Richie

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Adderall- and it's generic equivilant, tho I agree they may as well be different medications they are so different.... are prescribed almost 100% for ADHD and ADD only. Vyvance, newer to the market is also being used in addition to the older drugs already metioned. medications.Somewhat different medications are prescribed for narcolepsy such as Mondifil (sp) and others. They're all CNS stimulants

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I've been diagnosed with adult ADD, and have been taking Adderall (IR not XR) for 10 years now. I've been wondering the same recently, because I had noticed in the past, a HUGE difference between brands when I was first prescribed 10mg, and then eventually upped to 20mg, with the 10mg the dark blue oval ones worked the BEST, but the light blue round ones sucked and they didn't work at all..same with the 20mg, the orange oval ones worked the BEST, but the round pink ones sucked too and didn't work at all...NOW I've just recently been bumped up to 30mg and I'm trying to figure out which ones are the stronger ones that actually work..I'm only on my 2nd prescription and so far I've tried the brand Teva- the orange oval ones (larger than the 20mg oval), and with my 2nd script I'm trying the brand Actavis- they are small round light orange ones. I haven't really noticed a difference between them, but I've also realized the 20mg ones I was taking previously, were actually stronger, and worked way better! It sucks because the ONLY REASON I had to be bumped up to 30mg, is because of my insurance! (Same insurance I've had for years) I had been prescribed 20mg x4 a day, for years, now all of a sudden my insurance, that had NO problem paying for that script, NOW refuses to pay for the 4th pill!! I have NO idea why?? But I'm so mad about it because that dosage was working perfectly for so many years!! So now I'm prescribed 30mg 2x daily and a half of one in the afternoon, JUST so my insurance will pay for it!! How ridiculous is that?? Ugh!!! But this new dosage isn't not working the same, and I'm thinking that maybe I'm just getting the wrong brands. :(

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I know you are old as dirt because you said "certs" HAHA. And you are right, we are so lucky. I was JUST diagnosed with a sleep disorder that has been messing with me for 30+ years and adderall has totally changed my life! So, advanced medicine and drugs!

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Extremely helpful. I hope you are feeling better nowadays.

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I also have Narcolepsy and their is NO cure.
So yes they do prescribe adderall to help us stay awake n motivated. Its not just adderall that is given to Narcoleptics. They do have other recommendations but nothing is going to cure it, its to just help us. Just like with adhd. Medicications dont cure no one.

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My CVS will not special order. They say all CVS stores carry same for my state and they cannot do it. I am in NE Florida and only Walgreen's has Teva/Barr and they will no longer fill for me unless I have ALL my scripts transferred to them. It is a conspiracy and their service sucks. CVS rocks!! Attitudes at Walgreens suck too. I used to love going to Walgreens but now despise Walgreens pharmacy and store (another story...geesh). Has anyone in NE Florida found a place to get the Teva Barr 20mg? The thought of using Walgreen's for all my meds literally creates so much anxiety that I get sick thinking about it. That is how awful Walgreen's treats their customers. I had a $200 retail order that I was checking out and one of my 2/$10 items came up for 8.00. It was mispriced on shelf as 2/10 also and they disputed with me over $3 so I just said....."ya know what? Cancel my entire transaction. This is a huge order and you are arguing with me about $3 that was falsely advertised and your store is at fault and you are unwilling to give me the item for the price you advertised it for on the shelf? What? Huh? I won't be back.". I****S!

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Thank you for your post. I found it to be informative and have never had the idea of taking it a hour before waking. Then again, I suffer from multiple conditions and I am lucky if I sleep sometimes. I need to get back on schedule and have not thought about trying it this way. I have been subscribed this medication for 3 years now. Hopefully your method will help. Thanks again for the post!

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I agree. The orange pills work much better than the pink ones. When I went to Target, I asked the pharmacist which one they carry and he was very rude and told me it was illegal for him to tell me and that they both work the same.

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YOU GUYS HAVE YOU NOTICED THE NEW SHAPE OF THE ORANGE OVAL BARR 30MG ADDERALL. IT SEEMS TO ACT ALOT DIFFERENT. I think they changed the formula. Anybody else noticed this?

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I'm getting confused by all the color coded discussion about this medication. Does anyone know the manufacturer of and which dose they are taking - it can be found on the script's bottle. Colors are determined by manufacturer, dose is prescribed by doctor, each manufacturer uses different food coloring to differentiate between their inside dosages. I have old pills here that are different shapes and shades of blue ,so it's the bottles which define what they are. have never seen a round pink pill nor an oval peach pill and it's difficult to interpret these threads w/out going back and reading thru all the emotional stuff. I'm dealing with Medicare Part D right now and am realizing that to stay on my prescriptions I will need to give up my home because people with disabilities who have an income higher than $17500 per year are not elibible for prescription drug coverage after 2 years of being disabled. The government believes that as you age not only do your disabilities magically disappear but you also become financially secure. I am going to loose my home because the cost of Part D is more than my mortgage. I'm being forced onto Medicare and because I'm not even 62 let alone 65 I'm not eligible for financial assistance which happens at 65. Perhaps the more generic the adderall the cheaper it gets ?

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For me the Teva Adderall IR is the most potent

FYI Avoid the Malllinckodt brand. It is absolutely --horrible--

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In my estimation. I would without a doubt get the sandos brand. It is the cleanest and smoothest of them all.

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My son is 9 and has been on the generic for 3 years now. we have always had teva 20 mg, we break them in half and he takes 10mg in am and 10 at noon. if he has sports or anything he takes 10 at 4pm. This last month I went to get his refill and could not find them anywhere. the dr's office found them at the hospital so I went and had them filled. but... they were Corpharma pink ones. I said it is all we can get so we will try it. He has been complaining about belly pains since right after he started taking it and he has been really sensitive and crying. I use to get them at sams, 45 pills for $30.00, now they are telling me they are considered the brand name and they are like $200.00! but they have Sandoz and Actavis. I think he has taken the Actavis before but I can not find a picture of it or the inactive ingredients. can anyone help me. we are almost out of his meds and I don't knwo what to do.

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john -

I have a question about about one the points you made in your post (Re: "once you use adderall your brain will never and i repeat never restore your dopamine levels back to normal like it once did...")

Mainly, what leads you to believe so emphatically that once a person takes adderall (for an extended period) his or her brain will "NEVER" restore its dopamine levels back to normal like it one did?

Don't get me wrong, I am in no way questioning your credibility. I'm not even disagreeing with you necessarily. Rather, as someone who has been taking adderall for 3+ years, lately I have been trying to find a definitive answer at to whether or not adderall "permanently" diminishes/reduces the brain's ability to restore dopamine levels, or will it eventually go back to normal - assuming he or she stops taking adderall. Most of information I've come across thus far has been inconclusive if not flat-out contradictory. You seem to have a very strong opinion on the issue, so I was hoping you could help me understand your reasoning.
E.g. Personal/Family experience; research, articles/journals, etc..

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Dopamine downrgulation can result, and is results in similar areas of the brain which are affected by Parkinson's. The specific area in the brain is the Substantia Nigra.

However, concerning "permanent" neurotoxicity, more scholary research shows, quite elaborately and cogently, the concept of brain neuroplasticity, that even when the brain is damaged (through whatever means) the brain will adapt, to even pathological change, chemical or environmental
in nature.

You may indeed find studies investigating the relationship between amphetamine and neurotoxicity, but the vast majority are theoretical in scope and depth, or the "study" investigates the nonhuman brain (the brain of a mouse or rat)

Moreover, in terms of you using the word "permanent" in terms of changes in dopamine,
neuroplasticity outweighs neurotoxicity in any double-blind, cross sequential study of the human brain.

Amphetamine is one of the few drugs that has been meticulously studied for years.

Conversely, methamphetamine is another story. It would be commensurate with comparing tramadol to oxycodone, and there are indeed studies showing definite, acute, changes in both the "tone" and "structure" of brain function, metabolism, and neurodevelopment.

Yet, once again, if you endeavor in substantial research, you will note, quite immediately, that the studies (invariably) did not follow participants (was not a longitudinal study) but was either a very "acute portrait" of brain structure change, or, was a study that failed to provide "continuity of study results," or studied the nonhuman brain.

Also, any marked clinical structure change in "tone or "metabolism" in most all scholary research
was (as stated) with profoundly excessive use of methamphetamine (i.e. IV users or users who inhale or consume the substance in absolutely difficult to envision amounts and quantities.

To conclude, I am a scientist (and a person) who embraces the concept of neuroplasticity, which
is indeed a concept that has been demonstrably proved (longetuitively) in a kaleidoscope of cogent brain studies.

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I am using the 10mg Sandoz brand, and compared to the barr 20mg cut in half, it's like taking candy that doesn't do anything. I borrowed 3 20mg barr tablets from a friend to try adderall to help me focus, I took them by the halves in 10mg doses, the acute focus and "lets get this s*** done!" attitude was incredible and I got so much work done, I was so joyful to finally be able to sit at the computer for 8 hours and just "work". Well I went talk to my doc and he gave me a prescription, I was so excited to go to work that next monday and get some serious work done, I took one of the 10mg Sandoz tablets, it took a while to notice anything (I guess because it's smoother) and my focus was not anywhere CLOSE to the acuteness that I had experienced a few weeks prior. I was still very easily distracted, and just felt lazy and didnt feel like working, but was still speedy. Very disappointing to say the least. I'm going back in a few days to exchange my bottle for a new script of name brand to see if that makes a difference. I even tried taking 20mg of Sandoz and still not nearly as focused or "in the zone" as a single 10mg of BARR. Doesn't matter how much it costs, I'm so behind on work I wish I could just "will myself" to get work done but my brain has other ideas of things it would like to do.

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I only tried four 10mg BARR brand from a friend, then got a prescription 2 weeks later since it worked so well for me to get work done. I got filled with 10mg Sandoz... it's a COMPLETELY different effect with ZERO focus in comparison to the BARR brand I used. But this was made over a year ago, so is BARR still good? Which brand should I look for? Sandoz SUCKS, I even tried 20mg... no focus at all.

Is brand name IR adderall good? Cost is no concern for me.

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I take the Barr 10 mg (blue oblong) filled @ Walgreen's w/ excellent results. However, my experience @ CVS has been terrible. For instance, I am prescribed 30mg (ER/SR) salts in AM & 10 mg for later in day. If I fill at CVS , I will have almot no response to the medication they put into the bottles. Such as the 10 mg ER salts by Activis nor the 10mg salts by Teva- each is like taking sugar. Or even less, at least with sugar I feel *something* for 30 seconds. I emptied the 10mg ER salts to see if anything was actually inside the capsule. I will fill my generic Adderall scripts only at Walgreen's or occasionally at *one* of the on-site pharmacies which is at my PCP's office. Not all of their (huge organization of sites) pharmacies use the same manufacturers, it's a gamble which manufact/med they will have in-stock that week/month and what might be in the bottles I've received. When it's a less dependable manufacturer it will have a marginal effect and sometimes a bad side effect which is extremely taxing on the mind and body. I stick with Walgreen's where all pharmacies in MA use the same manufacturer and 98% of the time they have what I need in stock upon my first visit, unlike CVS which seems to be out of something regardless of what I'm attempting to fill.

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Riteaide carries the pink coroharma.

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