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Brian Says:
I am not sure how Mallinckrodt's generic products (quality) are in general, but if you take generic Adderall IR, it is horrible! Very weak, with an obvious lack of efficacy. Does anyone here have feedback on how Mallinckrodt's Adderall might compare to other drug manufacturers?
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0406-8891
0406-8884
0406-8892
0406-8885
0406-8893
0406-8894
Hopefully this information helps provide some clarity when comparing Mallinckrodt Adderall with other manufacturers.
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Concern Citizen Says:
I take Mallinckrodt adderall IR 20mg now: white pill, octagon shape with M inside a square on the other side. It's ok now because I took one poster's advice. I cleansed my body using the liquid laxative from the Dollar Tree, this is the method I used, you might want to use a different approach. I drunk half the bottle one day. The next day, I drunk the other half or the remaining. That is when I noticed a big improvement as far as the side effects. The only side effect, for me, was no appetite. But over a course of a week my appetite returned. That poster also suggested avoiding sodas. And she or he was spot on.
This manufacturer's adderall forces you to eat clean and drink plenty of water. That is not a bad side effect. Those of you who are having problems, why not try to dexo your body first. Believe me when I tell you, you will feel the difference.
The first month I was on 10mg twice a day. I had almost all the side effects people described here. This is my second month on this medication. I am a 50 female.
I have no idea if this information will help anyone but I thought I would put it out there. Because it helped me. Please post if you noticed this advice worked for you.
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Kk Says:
White 20mg with m marked on it doesn't work for not only me but to many others to even keep this in the market what's the point of taking a pill that only makes your heart race it doesn't even make you focus like other generic adderal does this product sucks and stuck with out taking my med for a month because of this crap
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Lacey Says:
Re: Concern Citizen (# 2) 
Can I ask you why cleansing the body was an idea? I can’t imagine any of the other things in my system making this less effective... I am so mad!
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steve Says:
I have had nothing but problems from this "company''. Do they make any drugs that actually work? I feel like I am dealing with a drug dealer - what adulterant are they using today? Well, with Mallinckrodt we all know that they do not pad their pills - they just lack the necessary skills to market drugs that they did not even make. Is there something that can be done or are we stuck with chinese pain pills that do not work.
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Optimistic Says:
Re: Concern Citizen (# 2)
Cleaning your intestines helps most meds work better, those that absorb through the digestive system. Pain management actually warned me that I might feel my meds more after a colonoscopy because there’s nothing in the way of the intestinal walls.
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Optimistic Says:
Re: Kk (# 3)
Yeah, I am really sensitive to medication, to the point that I break my 10 mg Adderall and half sometimes to get the perfect dose. I take Teva. When I got stuck with the ones with the M on it, a 10 mg felt much weaker than the 5 mg I usually take, but if I increase that dose at all by 5 mg I felt like crap.
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Optimistic Says:
Re: Lacey (# 4)
The medications we take orally get absorbed through our intestines, so if there’s a bunch of gunk sticking to the walls of them meds don’t get through as easily.
On the other hand, when people get constipated, sometimes they get too much because waste is sitting there soaking into your body while it waits to be eliminated.
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Optimistic Says:
Re: steve (# 5)
I complain to the FDA medwatch. You can find a place to complain read on their website. If we don’t tell them they don’t know, the drug company doesn’t care.
there’s also a page on the FDA site that shows your current drug shortages, and I find that after there’s been a shortage sometimes the generics are really bad. Like they’re trying to get away with using less active ingredient, or maybe they figure we’re also desperate will take it anyway. I don’t know but I refuse to take that brand, and I also refused to take Aurobindo/Auro Brands (any medication from them is BAD).
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Tonya Jackson Says:
Re: Kk (# 3)
That’s exactly where I’m @ this medication is absolutely awful . I feel like I’m poisoned.
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Sgonedes1977 Says:
Re: Optimistic (# 8)
Constipation, headaches,and off taste are common effects when they change the binding material for the drug.
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Sgonedes1977 Says:
Re: Concern Citizen (# 2)
Try cleaning your liver with a tincture of milk thistle. This will clear you up.
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Briards Says:
Re: steve (# 5)
If they make any drugs that work I haven’t heard of them.???????
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Optimistic Says:
Re: Sgonedes1977 (# 12)
No it’s that manufacturer.
I am really sensitive to meds and sometimes only take half my dose of adderall. With theirs I have to take 50% more than my prescribed dose.
They’re bad.
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Tonya Jackson Says:
Re: Concern Citizen (# 2)
I am also on on 20mgs of adderall IR i have a terrible experience with M 8 side’s Octagon shape. I’m gonna try this cleansing thing and I will post how that works for Me 55 year old female
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Rita Says:
I have always taken 30 mg Adderall (the orange tablets) until today. I was dispensed a white 30 mg octagon shape (NDC 0406-8894 from SpecGx / Mallinckrodt). Does anyone else notice a difference? It's like a placebo.
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Shelley Says:
Re: Sgonedes1977 (# 12)
How long does it take using milk thistle?
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CMilly Says:
Re: Tonya Jackson (# 10)
Tonya, I’m feeling the same way. I have been sick with a cold so I was blaming that at first but now I think it’s this crap adderall. I’m having shortness of breath and my head feels all weird. I’ll also feel itchy every once in awhile… what symptoms are you experiencing? I’m honestly kind of afraid to keep taking it.
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CMilly Says:
Re: Rita (# 16)
Rita, this is my current situation as well. I am having a terrible experience with this drug so far and am experiencing side affects that I have never ever experienced with normal aderall. I’m to the point where it’s making feel so bad I’m afraid to continue on it.
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Tonya Says:
Re: CMilly (# 18)
I have bad stomachache & also bad headache. I feel like I have the flu or something. I tried taking half but it’s so weak that is big NO! I’m so fed up with these generics I can’t stand it. I need My meds so bad but I’m gonna have stop taking them it looks like. Good luck to hope You find something that is good with You.
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Sleepy Says:
Re: Mel (# 30)
Yep I have to specifically have the pharmacy order different oxycodone because their oxycodone is weird and extra fat and I’m not sure what they’re putting in it to make the tablets so big but it hurt my stomach so badly I ended up hospitalized.
I’ve submitted an FDA med watch now two years in a row, because I ended up in the hospital last year because of whatever they put in those pills. And I thought I had the pharmacy understanding I couldn’t take them. Then this spring they didn’t order anything different and I have to wait until the last possible day to refill because it’s oxycodone, so I was forced to take the pink ones or go with nothing. I ended up in the hospital again with unrelenting stomach pain and vomiting.
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JustME Says:
Completely agree. Almost like it is not doing anything or very little.
And both Walgreens and CVS are dispensing only this right now.
Here are the details for what I have:
Packager (what it says on the bottle):
Mallinckrodt
NDC: 0406-8891-01
Pill Imprint: Front: "M" (in a square), Back: "20" (just because it's 20mg. Probabaly similar for 10mg etc.)
Pill Shape: Ocatagon (8-sided)
Color: White
Actually made in the USA by SpecGx LLC who they either bought or spun off.
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Mel Says:
Mallinckrodt Products are horrible. I refuse any and all Mallinckrodt drugs. The fentanyl patches were weak and fell off easy and the hydrocodone was the worst. I’ve asked my pharmacist to flag any and all Mallinckrodt drugs and not fill them.
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Optimistic Says:
Re: Lacey (# 4)
When you take medication by mouth it absorbs into your body through your intestines. If your intestines are coated with a bunch of poo sledge the meds don’t absorb as well.
When I had to prep for a colonoscopy, pain management wanted me to be careful with my pain medication because it would hit me harder than I am used to. I’m not sure if that is in fact true because I vomited up all the prep so it didn’t actually work, but when you take pills by mouth they get into your body through your intestines, that’s why cleaning them out will make your meds work better.
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Optimistic Says:
Oh yes, I know, those ones don’t make me sick but they’re like half the dose they claim to be.
I think Teva is back to producing at normal levels I just got a referral from Wallgreens yesterday and they had enough for the whole bottle where is the fill before was half Teva and a half some week “epic” brand.
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KK Says:
Re: Quality Control Please (# 25)
Please let us know any updates on this?
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Kelly Says:
Dexamphetimine by malinkroot is horrible I don’t even think there is medication in the pill
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Quality Control Please Says:
Re: Rita (# 16)
This is by far the worst generic brand. I have been on the 30mg dose 2x a day for a few years. Occasionally, I would get this generic and just suffer through the month until I could get a better generic. It was only occasionally that this low quality drug would be my only option. I have been getting a 3 month supply for my last two prescriptions from Costco. Both were this horrible brand. I literally have not taken 1/3 of them and am taking them back to Costco with a new prescription. They have strong side effects (headache, stomach pain, severe heart burn) and make my sleepy. I am asking Costco to have the potency and ingredients checked and complaining to the FDA. This is completely unacceptable. I will have my tablets evaluated by a lab and compared to my next prescription at my own expense. This medication by this manufacturer is not worth taking. It is worth flushing down the toilet. I will return them for evaluation and complaint.
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Optimistic Says:
Re: G (# 22)
Oh I wish I could send her some of mine. Initially I didn’t mind the epic brand that I got from CVS because it didn’t give me jitters, but yesterday I fell asleep for three hours after taking one. That’s not the effect I’m looking for. I will go into a new complaint I haven’t in a while, maybe they’ll contact me and ask me for my pills. I will definitely give them some. They need to know.
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Optimistic Says:
I haven’t taken that kind in a couple years because last time I tried it was so weak that I refused it. And my tolerance is really low I take 10 mg, and I usually only take one dose a day. With those I would have to take 15 mg just to feel like 10, and it wore off super fast.
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