Adderall Manufactured By Teva Not Working (Page 16)

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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What do I ask for? I have used Teva from Duane Reed for almost 2 years now, and they've been great up until 6 months ago, now I feel they're even worse. The pills look the same as they've always done ( orange oval 30IR) but are now super hard to break which wasn't the case before.
Would gladly try a different kind/brand

Thank you

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I totally agree. Sara Ada, you are 100% correct and this isnt the only company it seems. I had the last two refills that was so ineffective, I feel like I am getting placebo medicine. I. Notified my Lead Pharmisust, apparently I was not the only one complaining, therefore my Pharmacist said he would no longer order from that mfr, and would use another co if possible so we the customerd can now have a different "unbrand" from another manufacturer.

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I guess this is my "final" follow up on my bad experience. Got the letter from Teva/Actavis. They tested batch and found nothing outside of the norm. It has to be a lie. My experience makes zero sense if their claim is valid. Hoping the fda does their own testing. I've updated my complaint with the fda with their info and my experiences, hopefully it throws a red flag to check themselves.

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It's insane. The filers or something is 100% different. They're so hard to break which wasn't the case before. I'm sleepy 1,5h after taking 30mg IR

Any recommendations of another brand?

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I talked to my pharmacist and was told my Adderall come from same place for the last year and no changes. He suggested I send message to Pharmacore since that is where the Teva Adderall is manufactured from. I tried to find the Pharmacore page to send a message and no luck with even finding a page to get their contact information to send email. I'm not getting my Rx filled from them again.

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Purely my opinion but Sandoz has worked well after Actavis refill failed. Supposedly Sandoz brand generic of Adderall has a lot less filler.

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I have had the same problem with Adderall 30mg tablets.
Something was making me so tired that I couldn't even function or drive drive.
This was a new Adderall pill I was taking, which I usually take after breakfast.
This morning I woke up after a good night's sleep and took the pill right away.
Within an hour I was so tired I went back to bed for a few hours.
When I got up I was light headed and dizzy.
I had things I needed to do but could not drive.
I researched it and these pills are
made in India.
There have been a lot of complaints against the Teva
Manufacturers who make this.
I'm taking them back to Walgreens along with all the information I have and insist
They give me a prescription from a different Manufacture.

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Amen en Amen!...this must stop. Those of us who take this medication for intended use are being thrown under the bus by White Collar Greed!! It has become dagerous for people who need this medication for intended use to accept the Teva generic as it provides no effective control for indicated use. The FDA does nothing??? This writer has filed 6 med watch to the FDA over the past 8 months.....some fella called me from Teva...his English was so broken that another worker had to interpret for him...no refund available???...however I was told Teva would file and keep my report on file...are you kidding me...this is my life ....it ain't no joke!!....yep just filled another useless order at Walgreens and they will not refund my money either??....hello FDA...is anybody home??.:::I don't know what to do. Accepting suggestions...maybe we need to form some type of unified group sense the FDA doesn't help with this trafficking off sub-par medications by Walgreens, CVS, Walmart....Teva...it's getting to be the only generic around St Pete, FL ????...Happy St Paddy's

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I am very concerned for you. as a nurse and a 14 yr adderall candidate.. based on your extremely long post that seemed all over the place, erratic , paranoia to what nurses would consider reason to admit you for a neural check to check for possibility of overdose...finally that last sentence you said about "not getting that kick in the pants motivation like adderal gives you" is addiction talk ..you are constantly trying to seek the high and you may get that drop from the high but the drug is still properly functioning in your system.im telling you right now from a professional medical standpoint i highly reccomend you get off adderal for good ..you dont need a pill to get you motivated. thats not what its for .find other ways to cope besides pills

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Your telling the truth. They are cheating us. it's very expensive and let me say I even tripled up to see if it was short meds and I really think a placebo. I even called Cvs yet they are still sticking with them. Walgreen's carry the good ones. Walmart sometimes and target. Cvs is the only place carrying this bs

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Hi Nurse, I truly appreciate your concern and understand what you are saying. And I agree my posts were very long and I had readily admitted sounding paranoid! When you pay a ton for these generic medicines and they don't have the same normal effect as their supposed name-brand equivalent, and yet the drug companies make it seem it is all in your head, it can make one feel paranoid! As far as the long post, that is me with or without medication, and I have always had the blessing/curse of hyper-focusing when it comes to writing. I should learn to make it brief. That said, here I go on another long post to explain myself!

When I said that Vyvanse doesn't give me the "kick in the pants" motivation, that was me trying to be shorter for once in explaining myself. Poor word choice and I can understand how that would alarm you. Some background: I was diagnosed with inattentive type ADHD as an adult in my 30s and I'm now in my early 50s. Like many other, I did not figure out this was my problem until my children each had the same issues in school that I had, and their teachers urged me to have them evaluated. I was affronted at first as I thought they were normal...just like me (ha!). My husband thought they were just little kids, leave them alone, but they were lagging behind. Then when they went through evaluations and were diagnosed, I recognized myself. Ever since early childhood, I have been naturally very spacey, day dreamy, and I overthink everything with big plans but I have trouble actually DOING them. My parents always lovingly called me a "scatter-brain" out of frustration with me, as they had no idea what my problem was. I also have always been slightly depressed and suffer from low self-esteem, I believe because of the ADD. Medication has truly helped in so many ways and I am grateful for that!

At any rate, I have never abused Adderall or any other medication of any kind, nor do I take it to feel high. I aim for normal and functioning. Taking the Vyvanse this past month vs. Adderall (which I have taken for years always at the same dose) has been an interesting experience. It has done great acting as an anti-depressant and I feel calm and level-headed. I love that, and the fact it is so much smoother than Adderall. I really wish I could just stay on it. If all I had to do were things I wanted to do and had no responsibilities, Vyvanse would be the medicine for me. But it only helps very marginally with my executive function. I feel like I have brain-lock and the cogs won't turn -- this is how I have ALWAYS felt unmedicated. Adderall (but not the recent generic brand I took) somehow gets my brain engaged and the cogs work as they do in a normally functioning brain. It reminds me of all those people I know that can have a cup or two of coffee in the morning and it is like what adderall does to my brain. How I envy them! (Coffee or any caffeine has never done anything for me except make me jittery and more spacey-- I tried it many times before ever being on medication.) My work is piling up and I am having difficulty prioritizing and getting things done. But, I am enjoying just sitting and visiting with people as if I don't have a care in the world, looking at the birds, petting my cat, etc. and not feeling stressed about all I need to do. And I should be feeling stressed or motivated but I'm not. Adderall, when it is working, gives me that focus and motivation I am missing. This is what the drug is meant to do for persons with ADHD/ADD. It would be interesting to know if Vyvannse works better for ADHD vs. ADD. Or maybe it is just according to your body chemistry. After speaking to my doctor about the situation, he suggested I try the name brand adderall this coming month. Even though the price is outrageous, I want to see if I notice a difference between the generic and name brand effectiveness. Will report back. Again, Nurse, thanks for your concern. I really do appreciate it.

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Yes super weird! This prescription I just filled really feels like nothing. Never happened before!
I can't feel anything at all. Super sleepy
New York - Duane reed

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I began on the TEVA brand and it worked for me for awhile and then all of sudden it did not seem the same, however then I was given Mylan generic, which didnt help at all, and then due to no insurance and trying to find cheapest route, I am now on Aurobindo generic and it is putting me to sleep. It is undoubtedly the worst generic Adderall that I have been on and it is so upsetting to say the least. I am back to getting nothing done, I have headaches that I did not have on TEVA and I am so damn lethargic it isnt funny.. I just cannot believe that there is anything in these meds and I cannot afford them as it is. They already have a problem with people abusing Adderall and I have to wonder if they are changing what is in these generic meds on purpose. It is such a let down for me that I was finally getting my life in order and now I am back to the same old person that I used to be that was behind in everything and would not stay focused to get anything completed. I am not focusing on important things that need to be done and I am getting depressed. I dont think they should be allowed to keep switching brands that you take...I am not a lab rat! If we were able to afford the name brand Adderall - it would be the SAME every time we got it filled - therefore they should not be allowed to do this. What works for one may not work for another, but to be on something that worked for me and to have no control over what they are giving me now is just wrong. They are not all the same. I long to feel what I felt when I was first prescribed this miracle drug for my ADHD and it wasnt a high - I never really felt high. I think the person with ADHD gets high on the fact that they are finally completing things like normal people do and that is a high in itself, because for years that wasnt the case. This Aurobindo crap is doing nothing for me...I dont know what to do..... :(

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Hello Scattered: I do the same thing - always have! I have ADHD and I am exactly the same way.. My friends get annoyed at times and some laugh and make fun of my extremely long texts that I cannot help but write.. I always have to go into detail to explain myself. I don't mean to, but I cannot help it. I have always been this way on or off Adderall...I - too - have been on Generic Adderall for quite some time now. It has helped me immensely to finally focus and get things done that I have left fall by he wayside for YEARS, HOWEVER, I was taking the same generic the whole time and in the last 4 or so months it has been changed twice and it is not working the same for me. I was finally getting things done in my life and focusing until my tasks were completed. I now feel as if I am only taking a placebo and it is beyond upsetting. Im back to the same old person who lacks the focus or initiative to work on what needs done. The adderall was short of a miracle for me. It didnt fix everything, as no med does, but it did help to get me over that hump and the term that you used "kick in the pants" I don't feel is an addictive phrase at all! As a person with ADHD that is what these meds are supposed to do - "in a way"...It depends on how you want to look at it... Maybe you could use other words to describe it, but whatever the effect is - it is CHANGE - it is FOCUS - it is finally being able to do what most regular folks are able to do normally to which I cannot. I don't care how it is described - I understood it completely. My best friend is a pharmacist and I know all of the generics have to be and are supposed to be equal, but they don't all contain the same ingredients... I have had headaches since being on this Aurobindo brand and I have no recourse to get what I need. I am recently divorced and have no health insurance and these pills are very unaffordable for me, which atleast would be worth the money IF THEY WORKED and what I have been getting are not working like they did in the past. As I had stated in another post today, if we were able to afford the brand name Adderall - it would be the SAME every time and that is what should be the case if you are on a generic med that works for you - it should not keep getting changed due to the pharmacy's cost and I know from my friend that they keep changing if the price is better and the pharmacist at the big retail chains have no recourse to change it. I hope things get better for you.. (And me...)

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Aurobindo brand is a complete waste of time and money...Don't accepted under any circumstances....

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I just got a batch of sandoz 30mg Adderall pills and I took two and nothing I mean nothing happened....it's rather sickening to when your psych doesn't believe u.... I got teva from Walgreens and I feel alive again... Thank you teva.

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I have tried both Teva and Corepharma for over five years)

For me personally, Teva is stronger

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maybe your pharmacy carries the old version still. My older Teva batches worked great! It is just now they have become horrible. Super weak and it’s extremely annoying.

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Just took a 8 day Holiday on my usual Corepharma.....not much fun but great move. Re-setted my tolerance. Took a 30 mg a few hours ago. Great mood and euphoria...little side effects. Bring it on!

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