Adderall Manufactured By Teva Not Working (Page 70)
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I have had two refills of Adderall 20 mg that was manufactured by Teva/barr (Teva) and it seems to have much less medication in each pill. Refills by another manufacturer work. This is ridiculous, and where do we report Teva and who can check each pill for amount for medication? I would gladly donate some of my worthless ones to the FDA?

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I am sorry that you are having problems. I had to switch to a generic adderal made by corepharma. The TEVA/BARR brand cont to cause tachycardia and I could not stay on task. THe rapid heart beat or tachycardia was the worst, but it was also frustating because I just did not feel like the tablets (orange, the short acting version) were working. I have reported my problems with heart rate to the FDA and they are investigating. Also Teva/Barr is aware, and they get very defensive, not helpful, etc. THIS month, no corepharma brand avail, but pharmacy would get real adderal and I had to pay for that, a lot to use the non-generic, and my physician had to write "dispense" as written. It cost me a bloody fortune, but it works, and no rapid heart rate. Try to ask your ppharmcy for the corepharma brand.

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I have graves disease. My thyroid was removed and I now depend on thyroid medication. Long and short, I have not been the same. Symptoms of ADD and narcolepsy made my life miserable, and so, for many years now I have been helped by dextroamphetimine,15 mg, brown and clear capsules by Barr. My last prescription had brown and clear capsules with the 956
Barr writing, but somehow they looked different. I didn't have any of the old ones to compare, but I did see the company written on the bottle was Teva, not Barr. OK. It has now been 2 weeks using the Teva meds, questioning myself about how I was taking them etc. because their effect is minimal. I can sleep taking 15 mg. and cannot stay awake past 12 hours taking one every 3 hours. I went to the internet and am happy to find I am not crazy, that the Teva capsules are more thanM likely poor quality. But, this is a struggle dealing with a change....to what? And always a hassle with my doctor.

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Another problem, beside not working (unable to stay on task, etc, ) I also have severe heart tachycardia with this. It is the ONLY brand that does this. TEVA needs to look at their formulation. Something is wrong and they are cheating the patient and putting us in danger.

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Thanks for your response. I also take it due to a TBI. I notice a BIG difference in the meds. At first I thought I was needing a new dose, but it is clearly the medication. Thanks.

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Thanks for info. I take generic Adderal because of severe traumatic brain injury. I have noticed differences and thought it was just brain injury...every day is different and I will never know how long it will take for med to work If it works at all! Now I know to check where it came from...that gives me some hope that life might get better! THANK YOU

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Actually, I am not alone in my complaint. I have found multiple web sites with the same complaint and Teva admits that the generic has very different components. I am filing with FDA, Teva, etc. When it does not work, it is a severe problem for those of us who need our meds to work. Thanks for your response. I will never take teva generic again, and my pharmacy is going to work with me, as well as my MD.

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You'd have to report any complaints to the FDA, at 888-INFO-FDA.

However, there may not actually be anything to report. They do allow generic medications to differ from the name brands, in the amount of the active ingredient, by up to plus or minus 20%. This is considered an acceptable therapeutic window.

For most people, these differences don't cause any problems, but if someone is sensitive to medications, it means that one with a slightly lower amount may not work as well for them, as the one they were previously taking.

Even if you were on a generic before, they aren't required to measure against each other, just the name brand, so there can be differences from one generic to another.

The best thing you can do is ask your pharmacy if they can order the other one in for you.

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