New Generic 30 Mg Adderall Xr (all Orange W/ R 3061 On Them) Not As Effective (Page 5) (Top voted first)

please share your experience with this never seen before, less effective drug that two different pharmacy's have given to me in last two months. they make me fall asleep!

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I'm prescribed 2 x 30mg Xr. This past year I've been on either 20 or 30mg, different generics, mostly corpharm. It worked. 30 mg ir caused a tolerance buildup. The only Xr in Chattanooga TN I could find is Actavis. Paid $305.00 for 60 capsules. 3 days, no adverse effects. Then, wham! Cold fingers, depression, irritability, falling asleep, no desire to complete anything. So, the irritability and depression alone, I can't tolerate. Monday, I'm going to request and see if my Dr. can prescribe methylphenidate and Adderall. Also, I will contact the FDA and pray others report their unacceptable side effects of this poison!

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I always took Teva since starting Adderall & found it to work very well the best! Having been a Ritalin test case study for Children's Hospital at 10yrs old but it stopped working after high school so I went to Adderall. I take the time release & all I've been able to get is the R 3061 which is a hit or miss. It doesn't work like the Teva brand where you feel normal. This R 3061 makes you fall sleep or has you bouncing off the walls there is not to much in the way of middle ground!!! I had to go on & amphetamines during the time when Adderall was not available. It caused me to hyperfocus on anything around me it did not help, I find this to be quite similar. But taking nothing at all, I slept for two weeks I know I've tried it!!! I was taking the R 3061 for months then they got a shipment of the Teva & it was like I felt & had become completely normal again? I have no choice being on an island where all the pharmacies receive their medication from the same supplier. Don't know if I'm helping but as I said I was a test study for Ritalin at 10yrs old I'm now 41. I've been on these medications since I was 10yrs old & not by my choice unfortunately!!! (Just because I was faster than a speeding teacher, & I could leap over couches in a single bound!!!) What they've done sucks the R 3061 is actually made by the original owner who sold the patent to Teva who bought Barr which was the other working medication. A lot of people believe that the fact that the company who owned the patent makings the R 3061 product is just trying to get you to switch to their new product but nobody wants to take it most people are finding it not to work!!! So what are we supposed to do now, that is the question???

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responding to 36 yo woman. pretty much the exact same story with me, I get 60 a day, I use them up in two weeks, then withdraw for 2 weeks. can take 120 a day no problem , the only way it works for me. pretty much a useless drug anymore, I get the generic all orange 30 er pill. don't know who its made by.

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No placebos are not all the same. In school -years ago- learned that generics can be 80-120% the effectiveness of brand. So generic to generic they could be equal or from -40 % to +40 % less/more effective. That's a huge difference. Don't know if same standard applies today but years ago that's what we were told.

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Re: Josh (# 157)

Thanks for your detailed explanation, but believe me, I get the difference between ADD and ADHD. My post was referring to the many people who are obviously getting their medication on the street and are seeking a “high,” not those with a legitimate diagnosis.

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Re: Lydia (# 9)

I am also a narcoleptic have been for many years none of these time releases pills work. They also put me to sleep.the pills that use to work the best the FDA took of the market. They determined it didn't work.who ever determined that I don't know. I suffer every day. But I'm only one person guess I'm not important.

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Re: Lydia (# 9)

I’d like to know why something isn’t done regarding the ineffectiveness of these generics. Yes, all the generics are about the same poor quality. Can’t the FDA do something? I’m sure that if they read the comments here, if they were truly concerned about the quality & cost of these generics that they’d investigate the actual ingredients in these medications. It’s absolutely pointless to waste money on Adderall XR or IR. And, some of the druggist charge more than they should and they all swear that their generic is top quality and get angry if you ask the brand they carry. Not fair!
Has anyone ever tried Par Pharm? Garbage!!!

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XR Adderall is useless

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Read my post again, you have to find a pharmacy that stocks the generic made by these companies( Teva Pharm., Shire Pharm., and Global Pharmaceuticals). And you got this far, might as well research the difference between Vyvanse and Adderall. I will save you some time and explain. Adderall is a D-amphetamine salt, Vyvanse is an L-amphetamine salt. D for Dextro and L for Levo. Adderall has a "kick in" type of feel to it. Vyvanse has an "ease into it" type of onset feeling. Vyvanse is a metabolite meaning it has to be swallowed, it was designed so it could NOT be smoked, insufflated or IV'ed.

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I so agree . The new all orange pills do not work at all. They have all the same color beads in them. I think they messed up and not admitting to it

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Use an energy drink to induce the effect

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Worked alright. I took a pill at 3:30pm, started to feel calmer, more focused, sharp and alert around 1 hour and 30 minutes later. General anxiety went away, which really helps me focus for my technical-heavy school studies. Review: good, but takes a while to kick in.

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The substance Inside resembles the texture of salt. Hence the name, I am actually newly diagnosed after years of struggle in high school with even realizing I had ADHD. I can tell you I had a lot of hours clocked in detention. But this generic is awful simply put.

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THANK YOU!! I have been on Adderall for years and since DEC 2014, I have noticed that it was not working? I thought this was just me.

My physician prescribed me the BRAND, and not surprising, the Insurance would not cover the cost.

Due to my Ins, I must fill the script at CVS. Currently, CVS is delivered the Actavis generic. I asked if I could request the order of a different generic brand, and I was told that I could not. CVS has a contract with a wholesaler, who is ONLY delivering Actavis.

Other than paying out of pocket for the BRAND, what is there to do? I would like to think my health is more important than my money, but seriously, it is not affordable to be paying hundreds of $$$ / month. I have a family, and I just cannot.

How can I get the Malonkroft, or another generic that might actually work?

I have just today realized how corporate frugality and profit operate in our system. SAD!

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I have been taking 30mg of Adderall xr since 2002. In 2009 switched to Global/Barr Generic and that seemed same. I moved towns and now get Activis generic 30 mg XR at CVS for last 12 months. It just isn't working as well. I am very unhappy about it. It was the perfect medication for me before and made me feel 100% normal. Do smaller pharmacies still carry the Global/Teva/Barr Generics name?

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I was just recently given this new activus 30mg xr. Inside is all white beads. I have been taking the other generic version for 4 years and has worked great. I still had some of my old meds left from my last prescription so I wasn't keeping track of which days I used which pill. But I all of the sudden experienced extreme fatigue and lack of motivation to just get off the couch. I didn't realize until taking the new pill today that I was again drowsy. I decided to take a pinch more to see if I just needed an increase, bad decision, got even more tired. I still had my old prescription and had to be able to function at work so I took just a tad of the one that I knew worked. I started feeling a little bit more alert but ended up in a full blown panic attack (I have never had any kind of panic or anxiety in my life). I made it to work but could not fuction. Then I started feeling tight, short of breath, rapid heatbeat. Once I called myself down, I noticed serious pain in my lower left stomach area. I was sent home from work but could not get ahold of a pharmacist or my doctor. This is not ok. I am still a bit short of breath but need to find out what is going on.

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Go to a different pharmacy and if you get the generic just sk if they have nongeneric if so could u have them all pharmacies are different.

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Are the beads in the generic all white?

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Where r u from. First off never fill anywhere except CVS if you want the ad 30mg tabs with b imprint. Stay away from the round orange ones with the R imprint and definitely stay away from pin Cor tabs. The blue are ok but a lot of extras. The best is adderal that are orange tabs and have the b imprint, they are oval not round like the others. Adderal, patterned there pill by combining three salts. The reason was because anything that is natural to the planet can't be patterned so by combining three salts they could pattern and make money. The others are missing a salt, that is why they do not "work" , cause people to be sleepy, etc. The pharmacy probably didn't have them so they used a generic. All you say to the pharmacists is whatever you gave me last time ( the pull u don't want) made me feel edgy or not right, whatever bad side affect. Didn't feel myself, couldn't take them. Just something like that because if you say something regarding sleepy, they think your looking for the speed affect that people who do not have ADHD would experience with adderal. So, if the pharm doesn't have wait til they get them in or request that they call and see if another location has them. It's not in your head, a lot of people of the same issue when taking cvcccc C

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