Replacement For Former Teva/barr Dextrostat 10 Mg I/r (Page 2)

Shire US discontinued the mfg of DextroStat, at the end of the year 2007. Another bought out the license to produce DextroStat, but, it was also discontinued by Phys Total Care at the end of 2008, only available in 2008 in 5 mg, as the 10 mg was discontinued. I believe the license/patent, had expired, as well, as "Dextrostat" was a patented license by Richwood Pharmaceuticals of Kentucky beginning in the year 1994, and, ShireUS bought the patent rights, and, merged Richwood into ShireUS, with headquarters, in, Wayne PA 19087 soon after 9/11/2001. As we all know who are very used to Orange Book FDA ratings, the rare AA rated Dexedrine by Glaxo Smith Kline in 5mg I/R doses, and, DextroStat, was also AA rated by Orange Book out of 17 categories, but, both vanished from the shelves, by late Spring of the year 2009. It hit me like a ton of bricks. I have struggled, but have now settled with the Mallinckrodt generic version of pure Dextroamphetamine Sulfate instant release, in 10 mg white embossed tabs, since January of 2014, and I am pleased, very pleased finally. Between 2008 and 2014, I tried about every mfg of instant release generic Adderall, and, I settled on Barr Labs, a division of Teva of Israel for about 6 years, until my insurance company and, Teva, the parent raised the price, about 2.5 times overnight, during the Adderall shortage years of 2012 and 2013. My insurance firm dropped Adderall Instant release from my formulary as well. Trials with Core Phara, Ranbaxy Pharma, and, Wilshire Pharma were "very unsettling to me, as was even the Mallinckrodt generic form of Adderall mixed amphetamine salts. My Psychiatrist, worked with me to get a Rite Aid who actually special ordered the Mallinckrodt, and, it is slower to kick in, but it is worth is because I no longer have the Adderall crash on instant release, or the Ritalin crash on methlyphenidate, and i am a happy camper now! Thank god my insurance company so far, still, has dextroamphetamine immediate release 5mg and 10 mg on their formulary !!!. I wish you well in your search for the right stimulant, for you. My 2nd choice was Barr labs, (Teva) Adderall generic I/R 10mg, after the loss of Dexedrine E-19 orange heart 5 mg added to Dexedrine Spansules, both by SKF, the former mfg since 1937, the latter mfg since 1952. Glaxo Smith Kline sold all of the patent rights in USA, Canada, and UK the last quarter of 2010 on the famous Dexedrine Spansules, and also pulled the plug on Dexedrine 5 mg I/R in March of 2009, and totally got out of the stimulant business. If you live in Canada, brand name Dexedrine and Dexedrine Spansules were available for Canadian citizens by, another smaller pharma firm, called I think, Marathon Pharma. In the USA Dexedrine Spansules patent is now held by Amedra Pharma, and, no one stocks this med in USA pharmacies anymore due to their outrageous price increase, it is nearly $10.00 per 15 mg Spansule, and, I have never seen one since December of 2010, when GSK made the Spansules, for a retail price of about $US 90.00 for 60 of the 15 mg tapered end famous Spansules IMHO, the secret to USA generics is the bio-availability, as some stimulants only have 4 buffers, and other stimulants C-II have as many as 10 buffers and filler agents in the FDA so called equal "bioequilvalence" they are so defensive about. The 80/120 ratio spread can make a lot of difference in our bodies, I have been on CII stimulants as a late (now) middle aged adult for 22.5 years!! Best wishes!! If Teva of Israel who has Barr still manufacturing the very similar extended release 15 mg or 10 mg extended release capsules, it, is a was once very close to the smooth 7 to 8 hour time it lasted, "for me" as the original Brand Dexedrine Spansule, it used to costs about, $295.56 Average Wholesale Price in the year 2010, for 100 capsules of the beaded brown and white capsules, that were once acceptable to me, I do not know if Barr labs still makes this product anymore or not. Barr Labs nor Teva never, made the 5 mg or 10 mg Instant release generic version of Dextroamphetamine Sulfate, after, Dextrostat faded away in 2008. Good luck to you in your journey!

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