2017 Adderall Not Working (Page 4) (Top voted first)

I've noticed that the last three years in a row around this time either at the Adderall generic Sandoz brand is on backorder or suddenly the pills don't have the same affect. So in essence the pharmacy and drug manufacturers I getting paid while patients suffer without the proper medication. Has anyone else had this happen this month? I am taking the Adderall generic 30 milligrams twice a day I feel like I haven't taken anything.

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Hey there.

When you guys post an update or say which generic is or isn't working, can you provide a few details?

1. Manufacturer
2. XR or IR? Include the mg and a description of the pill (color, shape, etc.)
3. ***PHARMACY NAME***
4. What month/year did you fill your prescription?
4. Your location, if you are comfortable with that, on the off-chance we are close and can then be guaranteed to know the manufacturer

Because if one of the generics works better than others, and it is available at a chain pharmacy, usually it is consistent throughout the whole chain and that will make it easier for all of us to get a hold of that manufacturer's Adderall, or to avoid it if we don't like that manufacturer.

Thanks :)

PS: I'm hearing rumors of Sandoz Adderall IR returning to the market. If somebody can confirm this, what pharmacy are you using?

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Re: James (# 6)

Amen, that s*** is bunk. A simple taste test (if you know what taste to be tasting) will prove it's not real. It dissolves and the taste reminded me of the way my parent's old school felt-screen (for projectors that use slides photos) smells perhaps from being in the closet so long (lol the screen not me).

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Re: Slisap03 (# 2)

Yes I take 10mg twice a day and I too get very tired and want to sleep. Not always but it happens and I thought what I need to up my dose. I have been on 10mg for about 3 yrs. and sometimes I do take one and a half at times.

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Re: allie (# 14)

I’m not sure which company makes my blue 10mg but I noticed it has been making me depressed too.

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What are the markings on the one they've provided you with?

I'm sorry, but I need this information in order to research more information on it for you. Can you please post back and clarify?

The FDA warns that this medication carries the risk of being habit forming and may cause side effects, such as nausea, dizziness, headache, nervousness, insomnia, and anorexia.

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I get my adderall 30mg IR from CVS (South Carolina) and it’s the corepharma generic brand. It works extremely well for me! I picked it up on Tuesday and have been SUPER busy, focused, etc. I also like it because it reduces my appetite. I can go all day and forget to eat (or drink). Love it! Hope you find one that works of you, too.

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Can I ask what part of the country you live in? The lots you get cannot be the same as mine. You do not see any degradation/change of color?

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Since just about everyone can't stand just about any of the generic for Adderall IR, I am seriously thinking about trying the brand-name. However, I am not sure it is actually available.

Ironically, at one time it was actually manufactured by Teva

I do not think they still manufacture it.

Could anyone provide commentary regarding this?

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There is a pharmaceutical company called Global that is now manufacturing Adderall IR.

Anyone have any experience with this?

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Re: Dave (# 25)

Hi Dave. It was my impression from looking at the info on DailyMed that Global is not a manufacturer, but rather just a repackaging company.

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I agree however you're taking the M 30's which are 20MG IR's not 30 MG fyi....

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Re: fromnyc (# 18)

I did not need to put the lot # or NDC# to file the complaint. It asked for it, but was able to forward through without it.

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Re: Alex (# 39)

Alex, Duane Reade or Walmart ALWAYS have Teva 30 mg in stock - so if there's one near you, I would suggest your m.d. send it to there. CVS used to stock Teva, but from what I'm reading, I gather that's no longer the case.

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Re: Verwon (# 1)

this year 2018 its the sandoz brand with E404 on back

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Re: fromnyc (# 20)

I have been on amphetamines since 1969 to 1973 every day (Vietnam era USAF E-5 Staff Sgt) & again, from June 1994 every day until, this writing January 6th, 2021. I realize this topic is strictly on Adderall (mixed amphetamine salts).....don't want to steer too far away from the topic........

I took Adderall brand name (1997 to 2007) by Richwood Pharma Co (Kentucky) 1997 to around 2002, later brand name Shire US 10 mg. until 2007, then, switched to Barr Labs, in 2007, later, after Teva bought Barr Labs (Sellersville PA USA) NDC 0555-0972-02 100 tabs ten mg until January of 2014. They all worked satisfactory for me. In the here and now the Teva generic DextroStat, are not as strong as they were 20 yrs ago, (but it might be in my head) I tried them for about 6 months, and they kicked in within 30 min vs todays Teva Dextroamphetamine takes about 1 hr minimum.

My insurance co. took them off the formulary Jan 2014 I/R for generic, which I switched to around 2008 to 2014 & it was excellent for my ADHD & my treatment resistant Depression. As everyone knows, the USA pharma industry radically changed for the worse, price fixing, DEA mandatory quotas, was it around 2017? What did I do? My last 100 Adderall generic costs me cash over $225.00 in Jan 2014 from a independent owner pharmacist !! (100 tabs x 10 mg)

My last shrink who took care of me for the past 21 years, allowed me to switch to 10 mg. of generic DextroStat, a/k/a dextroamphetamine 10 mg instant release, in March of 2014 to Dec of 2019 when he retired. (Was on 10 mg x 4 tabs of Adderall 1997 instant release, by 2014, I was reduced to 30 mg of dextroamphetamine sulfate I/R pure, (d-dex), later, to x two x 10 mg. 2017 to 2019/2021.

I submit to you back in the day, the ratio of amphetamine resin (base) was a ratio of 1, on a microgram, or milligram basis, vs. d-amphetamine (dextroamphetamine) I/R 3, meaning 3 times stronger than base amphetamine sulfate, vs. methamphetamine a "5" meaning 5 times stronger than base amphetamine sulfate. (Because I took either Benzedrine, or Dexedrine or Desoxyn in the 1970's !!!

My CVS pharmacy were sold out of Generic Dextrostat, (dextroamphetamine sulfate mfg of my choice was Teva/Barr 10 mg. and pharmacists told me when the wholesaler delivered the product he hoped in January 2021 to CVS in Charlotte, North Carolina, he promised me he would be sold out within 72 hours, due to the demand !! on Dec 5th, of 2020 !!!! Thank the DEA quotas for this.

I have a PCP who has my medical records who wrote me a script for 180 x 10 mg of my instant release dextroamphetamine tabs. I returned to a rare independent pharmacy, who knows me, personally from years ago, and, they told me, they would special order me either Teva Barr from a different "unfriendly wholesaler" or the same wholesaler, did also carry Mallies, and, I agreed to pay up front, US over $300.00 for 72 hour service for 100 x 10 mg of the Mallies, hdqtrs St Louis, Missouri. I am old enough to be on Medicare, and my usual costs the past 3 yrs are only US 7.00 for 90 tabs of any generic Dextroamphetamine sulfate I want. My bottle of Richwood Adderall 10 mg has a NDC #58521-032-01 (100 tabs x 10 mg) I have about 50 tabs left. And I am Sad !!!

I submit to you, I squirrel away emergency meds, and I had a full bottle of factory sealed 100 ct of Richwood Adderall, 10 mg mfg date 1997 expiration date 2000. Stored in my dark closet, low humidity no sunlight, for a rainy day, for the past 22 years. I compared & finally opened the bottle of my last stored bottle of either Richwood Adderall brand name 10 mg or my Dexedrine brand name, of pink orange E-19 Glaxo Smith Kline 5 mg, also issued in the 1990's. Here are my results:

1/2 tab (5 mg of original brand formula of Adderall) are as strong as fresh Mallinckcrodt 10 mg of dextroamphetamine, which are supposed to be 1/2 of the formulation to be much stronger mg for milligram !! Why? I have experimented every AM at wakeup and the 22 yr old brand Adderall 1/2 tab of a 10 mg kicks in within 20 minutes, vs. the fresh dextroamphetamine I/R kicks in at least 1 hour to 1.5 hrs always on a empty stomach. Both peter out about the same 4+ hrs later.

Therefore........I agree with the other posters here, there is a "huge difference" in the bioavailability of how our bodies process the stimulants, vs, 1960's to at least 2012 to 2014. that is over, 50 years. I also blame our USA govt, and the greedy pharma mfgs, and I have lost all trust in the FDA, and I do not like the DEA. Even the "bioequivalence" of the FDA standards imho can be screwed with by cheap fillers and binders. as imho the pharma mfg and the retail pharma firms have sold out the very cheapest pill of the month for all of us ADHD or Narcolepsy sufferers !!! (to the price sensitive retail chain pharmacies) !!!

Just do your research on Teva/Barr guilty pleas by dozens of US states in lawsuits to over 4 to 6 mfg of price fixing that began around 2012 to 2015+, and the massive layoffs of ten of thousands of employees + executives walking off the job out of disgust !! Finally did you know that the Sherman Act was invoked to force Teva/Barr to abandon the production of generic I/R Adderall to farm it out, with little control over the quality standards to who knows who actually manufacturers the present diminished quality of once stellar Adderall brand or generic of I call yesteryear. Imho the stimulant industry has gone to He*l in the past 10 years ! End of my rant !

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Re: Jackie (# 56)

Excellent post. It's not you, even though that's what those in power want us ALL to believe. "Opiate Epidemic" my arse. Anyone at a wise age remembers when they were screaming "Opiate epidemic!!!" back in the 1990s. It's all a poor excuse to reduce the quality of needed medications and then ensure that patients point fingers at each other (as well as blame those sadly self-medicating only to end up in jail while actual rapists, child abusers, and other violent trash are more likely to get signed to a record label to gleefully detail their sadism over crappy automated backing tracks than serve any time) instead of trusting themselves AND each others' perceptions and then uniting for a common cause.

My older friends and relatives have also detailed the decline in efficacy (and outright phasing out) of formerly reliable "scheduled" medications prior to my own adulthood! The "War on Drugs" has now taken aim at relief-bringing medications as well as serving as an excuse to hand the government more power over what we can put into our bodies than OUR DOCTORS--the actual men and women with medical knowledge. It is absolutely enraging, and not only do we have little recourse, but we also do not have any ability to make this situation more widely known, as the media has no interest in reporting on issues that pretty much impact those on the "wrong" side of 30. The talentless reality teevee star bimbo's new plastic surgery and her imbecile-level IQ wife-beating thug of a boyfriend's latest monosyllabic grunts are far more important.

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Re: James (# 6)

Absolutely James! Teva Adderall teva anything is the best. Great quality great prices.....MIC DROP

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