Pending Recall Teva Generic Adderall March 2016 Actavis (Page 2) (Top voted first)

For those that feel their Teva brand generic Adderall by Actavis Elizabeth aren't working or making them feel sick, you're right. It is for the 30 mg, 20 mg, 10 mg & 5 mg. Specific info here:

fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/EnforcementReports/ucm310739.htm

REASON FOR RECALL
Failed Impurities/Degradation Specifications: Out of specification for impurities.

RECALLING FIRM
Actavis Elizabeth LLC, Elizabeth, NJ

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Wow exactly the same thing happened to me. I have never had issues with grinding teeth before. I'm still on the orange teva 30mg and got my script filled today. They're much harder than they used to be. Took half and fell asleep 40 min later.

What's going on?

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Re: BigPharmaMessingWithOurMeds (# 1)

Please, please quit taking anything from TEVA. Any meds they dispense to me with this brand TEVA does not work on anyone or any pet. They may even be dangerous. I use Pliva instead and have no issues. Check with your pharmacy and see which brand they carry. Some carry both. Also think about a compounding pharmacy.

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@HappyTexasRN,

Did the pharmacy ever issue you a refund for the recalled medication? I was just curious because I know pharmacies have strict policies about returning medication once it leaves their hands. However it would seem unethical if they didn't take it back for this reason. I received a refund for a dietary supplement that was recalled over a month after I had purchased it, but I guess all I'm wondering is if medications are treated in a similar manner?

Thanks again for your feedback and I hope all is well!

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BD141: Thank you for the update!

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I made a mistake in replying. My tongue does not get numb nor does my face. It's pure pain. Also I just got the Sandoz bottle of Adderall and it makes me feel like I am having a heart attack. It does interfere with blood circulation because my ankle and feet go numb like the blood is not reaching that area. Plus the Sandoz brand makes me feel like I am having a heart attack. The Barr produced now by Teva with imprint B 974 does not do this so be careful especially if you have any heart or blood pressure problem with this brand. For some reason mostly men do not get burning mouth like women do.

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For those of you who can't find teva and feel like the new med is not as strong, you may need an increase in dose particularly if you were switched to Sandoz generics. This has been a long observed trend between the generics. FDA bioavailability requirements are between 80% and 120% of the listed dose. A switch from teva to Sandoz could therefore be as much as a 33% decrease in dose or a switch from Sandoz to teva could be as much as a 50% increase in effective dose.

I have also noticed a decline in teva potency over the years on their IR generic. The issues brought to light by the recall may be at the core of this observation as "degradation issues" essentially means breaking up the target molecule (the two isoforms of amphetamine) to other molecules which either may be inactive or have different biochemistry. If the biochemistry is different in the degradation products of the medication, this may also be at the root of any newly discovered side effects.

Personally I have found that the generic XR from teva had performed the most closely to the IR from before 2009-2010 (when many people began noticing a difference in performance which I believe may be due to teva'd acquisition of Barr (the company who originally produced the orange ovoid form of generic adderall). I have hypothesized why this may be considering the active form is the same though different manufacturing locations may be at the root of the issue. However I have never confirmed any of my suspicions given my reluctance to look this gift horse in the mouth after 4 years of underwhelming generic IR performance. Your physician can give you the equivalent XR script to cover a twice a day IR regiment, however a 3x per day regiment will still require one additional IR tab as your last dose for equivalent effectiveness.

Apologies for grammar/over simplification as I am typing this on my phone. Hope this clears a few things up and offers you all a different option for your medication.

Tin foil hat time: could teva purposely be producing underwhelming IR formulations to force the switch to the more profitable XR preparation? Next time you are at your pharmacy, ask them what the price difference between generic XR and IR is. You will be shocked.

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They are gamers. Hustlers. Very bad choices these companies make. Not only the brands are different so is the time line of when made. It seems a joke. The benefit is not out weighing the negatives. We get punished and they still get paid.
Hungry, tired, not interested, thick chest pains, numbness, dizzy, grinding. Garbage

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Hi,

Could you please describe the Teva that you said that you're now getting?
Shape?
Color?
Markings?
The NDC code would be great.

Also, you said, "I also have used Barr/Teva for years and have noticed since summer of 2016 something is off. Nausea, fatigue, general malaise, not feeling normal when on the med like I used to. "

Is that medication the same as the one you are getting now?
If so, are those problems gone?
Are your ADHD symptoms under control with the medication that you're getting now?

Sorry for all the specific questions. I'm coming to the states for a visit, and I've got 2 weeks to try to find a generic Adderall IR medication that works.

Thank you

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I can't say specifically if those symptoms I've had in past are directly related to Adderall due to other things like menopause, & arthritis that cause same symptoms. I realized this after my post and much inner turmoil over which brand to seek out. I feel the Teva (Barr in past)is the one I've taken most and same as past ones. It's orange oval "football" shaped. I don't have bottle w me so no code sorry. My dr told me to get Barr many years ago so I've stuck with them. I know the round pink kind never seemed as strong to me. It seems to be working ok for me now. I do think I was under dosing myself in attempts to be conservative and that did me no favors. 3-6 hours after taking 30mg I need another dose of 15mg and if I don't take or wait too long ,it's not as effective, like it needs to build onto intial dose. By end of day I can take 1/4 of 30mg or 7.5mg with Good effectiveness, if timed correctly. Hope this helps someone.

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Actavis, generic adderall xr 30mg... sick on stomach, thrown up a couple of times, grinding teeth, depressed crying, terrible heart burn, weak and can feel heart beat in chest! What is this poison?

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Re: Jp (# 28)

No, they are making this trash with less active ingredients and pocketing the profit. Then, they are hoping that you will be prescribed Vyvanse (its new and the psychiatrist will offer it... to solve your adderall issues), which Teva has a huge amount of its active ingredients....already purchased by them, allocated by the DEA. However, they claim to have an adderall "shortage". The shortage was created by Shire to maximize profit and to have everyone switch to their new ADHD medicine. Which...didn't happen, so they all just crank out trash meds and rake in all the profit. It is more profitable to leave out the most expensive, active, ingredients. Do you need to see the literature? Try looking it up before you ask me to provide it. It is easy to find.

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Re: Nona (# 42)


I have been having some bad side effects to Teva's B972, I can't finish a thought, I can't remember names/dates, disoriented, dizzy, nauseous, I get tired easily. I was on 10 MGs of E111's for 6 months which was working great, I felt like myself again, focused, etc etc. I only took 5 days a week, 2 days off on weekends, I don't want to be beholden to medication and my Dr said this was ok.

But then all of a sudden it didn't work, I looked at the pill and noticed it looked different. When I asked my Dr he said there are several different generics but it's the same ingredients. It's been two months with two different pills. So I pulled out the prescription forms (As the bottles look identical as well as the name), and I see that for the last three months they haven't been giving me what worked. It IS a different pill each time after I was on the same E111 pill for 6 months, they have given me U27 and B972 from TEVA which has not worked at all. So I do more digging on the internet and I'm appalled, and call the pharmacist - when I ask why a generic is changed without informing a patient or the DR., they said that all generics are the same, but obviously scientifically this cannot be the case, just from a logical standpoint and from the testing you can find on the internet. They said they use whatever their supplier/manufacturer sends them (meaning cheaper I am guessing). They also said C2 Drugs are not highly regulated in NY - meaning manufacturers and pharmacists can use different generics as long as it's called the same thing, the supplier doesn't have to show proven results that it's the same and they don't have to inform us of this, they just put it in the fine print? Uhm what? There is the FDA's Approved Drug Products with Therapeutic Equivalence, but I can't seem to find the two pills to compare. If we are not able to stay on the exact same drug while in treatment or not even be informed of this it's really alarming. Anyone notice the change in generic drug correlates with the increased side effects or need for change in prescription?

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Re: Melissa (# 46)

We have absolutely no choice anymore! The ONLY answer is to get off of any medication that TEVA is making and claiming it is "Adderall" because I am NO FOOL! I have been prescribed Adderall for many years and 100% KNOW what my body feel like on and off of this medication! But whatever THEY are stuffing inside these pills so THEY can continue making millions IS DEFINITELY GOING TO LEAD TO SOME PEOPLE KILLING THEMSELVES TO GET AWAY FROM THIS NAUSEOUS EVERYDAY FEELING WITH A HEADACHE AND NO FEELING OF PRODUCTIVITY, OR FEELING OF WELL BEING LIKE THEY HAVE ALWAYS FELT BEFORE! This is NO way for a human to function every single day! This is like slow, miserable, painful, sickening death! Why have they done this? Is it because they thought that more children were on it and they wouldn't say anything, they would just endure it until they no longer couldn't and would wait for mom and dad to leave the house and HANG THEMSELVES!!!???

We KNOW this is not the medication we were prescribed originally, but those poor, poor children who don't know any better are being prescribed this medicine because they have some ADHD, BUT once they are given this cheap generic brand that has NONE of the active ingredient they claim, but some kind of sickening poison that will only make them feel worse- THOSE CHILDREN HAVE NO CLUE LIKE WE DO! They are trusting their parents who have no clue either! They think they are helping their children, and leaving their young lives in the hands of TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL AND THE FDA, and all they are going to do is hurt their children and make them sick to the point of thinking they are dying or the children just want to die! AM I MAKING ANY SENSE? DO YOU ALL BELIEVE ME? IS THIS HOW YOU FEEL TOO? I feel awful, sick to the stomach, I have a continual headache, no energy, no will to do anything but just do what I have to do because I HAVE to, I feel depressed, I have nothing in me to give to my children whom I love so much- because I keep HOPING TEVA HAS FINALLY MADE IT RIGHT! BUT NO! TEVA IS NOTHING LESS THAN FDA MURDERING US!

I SO NEED THE ORIGINAL ADDERALL! THE ORIGINAL FORMULA! THE ORIGINAL BRAND! WHY! WHY! WHY! HAVE THEY DECEIVED US LIKE THIS! We ALL know this in not the medication we had been prescribed but we hope- so desperately the NEXT pill will be it! That pill will kick everything in and I'll feel normal again. But NOPE! It doesn't happen! Our next prescription is just coming up and we think THIS NEW RX WILL BE NORMAL! But, we get it filled TRUSTING OUR FDA A-G-A-I-N and guess what? NOTHING! SAME CRAP, DIFFERENT MONTH! I AM SICK OF FEELING NAUSEOUS WITH A HEADACHE EVERY SINGLE DAY OF MY LIFE! SICK OF IT! We ALL used to feel great! We could take our medicine in the morning, we could feel it sorting through our brains as we thought #1) I'll start on this project first and by the time I'm finished #2) This is what I'll need to do next and then #3) Will give me enough time for this and at 5pm #4) I get my son from school get a quick bite #5) Soccer, etc... And this is how calm and organized we ALL ONCE FELT! IT WAS A WELL BEING FEELING. IT FELT GOID TO BE ALIVE! BUT NO MORE!

The FDA became more interested in lining their pockets with money, and decided to throw CRAP into the pill BOGUS! CRAP! - NOT THE REAL AND ORIGINAL DEXTROAMPHETAMINE AND AMPHETAMINE ASPARTATE or SULFATE! THEY HAVE SCREWED US! ARE SCREWING US! ARE SCREWING OUR DOCTORS! ARE SCREWING THE PHARMACIST! WE ARE BEING SCREWED AND NO ONE IS LISTENING OR HEARING US!!!! WHY???? Instead of keeping the medicine THE WAY IT WAS they harmed us, took our money, we gave so much money each month to our doctors who wrote our RX, gave so much money to the pharmacist for the RX our Dr's prescribed, FOR WHAT? FOR GARBAGE ORANGE THINGS CALLED PILLS! FOR THE RECORD- I DO NOT HAVE TOLERANCE ISSUE! I know what that feels like and is easily remedied by taking a vacation/break from it. Something has to be done! Something! But I will not give my hard earned money to this greedy government anymore just so they can get richer! FDA YOU ARE NOTHING BUT DISGUSTING GLUTTONOUS SLOBS WHO CARE FOR NO ONE BUT YOURSELVES!

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Agree. Having the exact same issues with the caffeine, jittery feeling. Cannot find the Teva at CVS or Walgreens in my area. I sound crazy but I've been taking it for years (unfortunately) and it effects me psychologically. What's going on? What can I do?

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I could not find anything on this link that shows Actavis generic adderall was recalled. Can you copy and paste?

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Be aware, I have just been a victim of Teva Adderall. I got permission from my insurance to get Teva so called name brand. The NDC Code is 57844-20-01 mine was 20mg. IR. Cost 442.00 billed to my insurance. I called the FDA and was advised that this was indeed a generic with the code ANDA. They said all pharmacist should know that code but they are telling people it's name brand. It is listed under Teva Select Brands which mean nothing as far as being brand name. Teva is producing the old Barr B 974 imprint NDC Code 00555-0971-02. They have also purchased Actavis. I just got Sandoz 20mg from CVS. These also produced strong heart palpation. When I started Actavis in 2015 they were decent then they only lasted a couple of hours giving you a depressive crash. Then I found out there was a recall but decided the public did not have to be informed. Degradation and impurities. If you call Shire the original manufacturer they will also tell you Teva has brand. They are not worried their patent is about to expire. I had to stop using Shires 30mg xr because they started wearing off after about four to five hours. I just spoke with Federal Trade Commission today about what TEVA and drug stores were doing. The FDA code ANDA means a new drug application, Not name brand. I think a legal suit would put them in their place. Some may be able to withstand the high blood pressure but I couldn't.

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If you got a pill imprint of B974 that's the old Barr produced now by TEVA, but the other Teva that they are calling brand (NDC code 57844-20-01) 20 mg will make you feel like your having a heart attack.

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I can't do that on the phone but will try and find source. I think they called themselves Actavis Elizabeth. I think their NDC code was 45963-749-11. When all of this was going on Teva purchased that company also. I haven't checked since they were no longer available at any of our local drug stores. Actually even though they weren't consistent from batch to batch at least you could go to sleep at night.

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You may can scroll through the Adderall section some one posted the link. It was from the FDA under safety recalls probably dextroamphetamines mixed salts. Activist, Elizabeth

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It just so happens that when the burning is really bad it does affect the right side of my tongue. It gets little rash like bumps on this area. I have been prescribed every mouth wash available. Right now I am seeing an allergist who has found food allergies and Thirum allergy. I do not think these allergies are what's causing the problem. When it actually started I was on Activist Adderall generic but started Teva's at this time also. My burning has gotten so bad I am on Percocet. I am now on the old Barr's imprint B 974 generic Adderall. I have noticed that when I take the Percocet with the Adderall I sometimes get relief. That may be due to anxiety being decreased . I also have been on massive doses of Diflucan in case it was yeast. I truly believe it has something to due with the inactive ingredients in these meds. It use to get bad around 11:00 am but now I am waking up with it burning. I researched everywhere and it's disheartening to read this could last ten years or more. If I find a cure I'll be sure to post it. Klonopin did not help.

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