M Amphet Salts 20 Mg Vs Adderall Xr 20 Mg (Page 3) (Top voted first)

Adderall xr 20 mg and M. Amphet Salts 20 mg. Are these the exact same medications? Are they both manufactured my Shire? Does Shire provide Teva/Barr with the generic version of Adderall xr under the name M. Amphet Salts 20mg? Thank you....

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You're the ignorant one. Obviously you don't take any of the medications discussed in this thread. I've been taking adderall xr since 2006 and it's changed A LOT since then. There are also markedly noticeable changes with the various generics.

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hello! thanks so much for talking about this medication! I have to start this medicine for the first time in my life as I have been diagnosed with ADHD at 34! I am desperate for help but not desperate enough to suffer worse symptoms for it. I am extremely afraid of taking this medication xr as I have been researching it and found so many side effects including sudden death. Though I am in a very sensitive state regarding where I stand at my job and the way people tend to treat me as if i was a total stupid i**** that cannot do her job, I am not willing to die to correct my ADHD issues. Because of this post I did contact Walgreens and was told I was prescribed the generic manufactured by (bar). I am not sure if that is how you spell the name as I was told over the phone. I explained to the pharmacy the issues I have read about generics and asked if I could get the brand name medication. They told me I would have to call the doctor to find out. I then called my doctor and now I am waiting on a call back.

is barr generic brand good?

UPDATE: Thanks so much for sharing this information!!!! I will call my doctor and ask them to provide me with a new script for the brand name but am afraid of whether or not my insurance will cover it because it is more expensive?

I just read your post after I posted this last message and sure enough they are trying to sell me the generic BARR manufactured stuff. You just answered my question!

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I took phentermine 37.5 and had the same sense of productivity, energy and focus. I lost 30 pounds. 145 was my best weight. And had an AWESOME personality. Since stopping it's been tuff. I was prescribed Zoloft then Welbutrrin xl 150. Taken off Zoloft then upped to 300 on Wellbutrin and phentermine. Then decided that adderall may cure all. Add has been quite crippling and was dx very late in life. Initially took generic teva/Barr and felt like I took sleeping pills instead of adderal. Then went to cvs and had adderall filled by activis. Activis XR is the best generic that worked for me

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I could not believe my eyes when I read your post , I had the same experience
I used to take Adderral XR brand and it worked fine , then the medication got changed to generic and I had horrible side effects. I was able to switch back to brand and after taking it for a few days once I got the same side effects . I checked the medications and found out that half of them are generic in the bottle with brand name and yes it was from Walgreen

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Henry H. posted here stating those who posted here are the most ignorant... YOU'RE THE IMBECILE.

Generics are not always identical. Personally i say none are, but i haven't looked into nor used all drugs now... does it make any sense for any company to make the same identical drug and compete with themselves selling it cheaper and calling it generic??? Fk No. That's why i personally don't believe in the BS.

Generics can legally have 20% less of the main ingredients (the ones that matter for the treatment). Then, the delivery system can be different.

Adderall brand. They own the best delivery system ER patent(s). They put pure ingredients in it and therefore they set the bar! They also make generics too! They may or may not use there identical delivery system in generics. Their secret. But you can be dam sure they most likely put less or less pure main ingredients into the generic.

Now for my experiences. Brand name 20mg x2 a day first month. Awesome!!! Generic switch to TEVA for 2nd 30 days. The duration changed from 8 or 9 hrs to 6 hrs, 2nd dose taken after 1st declining. Had some muscle aching and weakness, some headaches and nausea. Never put the symptoms together till i read them on forums from others saying same thing upon a switcheroo. My doctor wrote my 3rd month for brand only before upping dosage and to 3x a day as we both want to make sure its not a tolerance change and or generic to blame. Funny thing is, meijer pharmacy still gave me TEVA generic and charged insurance for brand!!! Thankfully i noticed it withing 8 hrs of getting script. Called meijer and got some we sorry story, bring it back for brand... honest mistake or a switcheroo??? Garbage! Will call insurance co and meijer heads to complain. Upon searching google for this switcheroo, seems to happen but not as much as people getting someone else's scripts. Scary.

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The only institution the Insurance Co's are going to listen to are NIH and NIMH. Full Stop!!! I copy/pasted 11 studies done by the government that prove without a shadow of a doubt that generics are fundamentally different and how they are different. You can beat your head against the wall talking to your doctor or calling your Insurance. Go to nih.gov or nimh.gov. I only copy/pasted for my fight. I didn't keep the links. You have to play around a little bit with what you write in the search bar but when you get it right study after study will be there. A side note. If you're so inclined, and I was, England has much stricter laws than we do. I also printed out studies they did on generics that had put in applications to sell their product in England and they were turned down. Teva is one.

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I just read your post. I was for many years taking and sometimes abusing my adderall ir so after being hospitalized to get off of 6mgs of ativan a day which oi have successfully but painfully done. I for the first time been given the orange 20mg xr M imprint and i have been in bed with blackout curtains from insane headaches, stiff neck, dizzy, nausea. I feel like total s***. The only relief i get is the 20 mg booster ir in the afternoon. I am also used to not sleeping a lot and since on this generic xr i am sleeping more than i have in my life, i am 51 years old...i am also angry and having crazy thoughts i have NEVER had in my life. I have not drank alcohol in years and since starting this i have been craving alcohol and having drinking dreams. I am beyond frustrated.

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I am so glad I came across this site. I need a dr so badly for my add and anxiety. I'm very lucky to read all this info before I get screwed and it's so my body to get those bad side effects.

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I just started the add salt combo and it don't feel right.almost like senthetic meth( flakka)

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In order to tell you the manufacturer, you need to provide the markings or imprints on the capsules in question.

I do, however, doubt this is the case, because TEVA manufacturer's their own generic medications.

Both items that you described are the same medication, the only different you listed was one being controlled release, I do not know if the other one is controlled release or not, from what you provided.

There are many companies that make generic medications.

Can you please post back with the imprint? I will gladly check to see who makes it for you.

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That is so weird. I was taking the m. Amphetamine for about a year. they were 20 mg, and those are the generic kind. But I just recently got better insurance, so my doctor started giving me real Aderall XR tablets, and I hate them. the generic kind worked so much better for me. they helped me focus, they stopped my insomnia, and they did not give me any problems. But with The Aderall XR gives me really bad anxiety, and sometimes I don't even feel it working. It makes me shake alot, too. I think I really want to go back to generic.

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I am not able to find the brand name for sale. Can someone suggest where you are buying it. I've checked Rite Aid, CVS and an independent small shop. Rite Aid thought they could order it for me, but just called and told me their supplier said he can't get it.

I'm in California.

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This is the reason I'm on this site now!!! I've been feeling off for months now and just don't understand why! And my questions always go back to the Adderall XR!!! I've been taking the brand but feel like it's the generic which does not work for me!!!!!!
Is it possible to actually find out the truth as to when and what the formulas are changed to!?!?!?!

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Thanks! What I'm pissed about is that I paid the co-pay for the brand name and what I got is not the brand name. It is generic Shire.

I have had nothing but problems with the pharmacy in my doctor's building -- everyone raves about but all 3 times I've been there I've had nothing but problems.

This generic Shire version is working for me, but on principle I don't want to be ripped off. I mean, who does?

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I just wanted to add that the generic made by Global is marked M. Amphet Salts. When I had Shire's pills for the two months I wasn't paying attention to how the pills were marked but when looking back in my journal it seems that I was having some good days and some bad. The pharmacist said that he has also seen pills marked in both ways coming out of a Shire bottle.

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I would like to say that I take adderallxr and lately the brand name of xr makes me sick.
I do not know if the formula has changed, only that I can't seem to tolerate the xr version brand name with out nausea. I feel like the whole adderall problem is a clusterf***k that noone will openly talk about to the public on television or any other media and everyone on many forums are asking so many questions that need to be addressed. I for one need this medication very badly, and I do not appreciate not being notified of either ingredient changes, or brand changes. It is outrageous and unacceptable that we not know what is going on!!!!!! Someone needs to speak out...

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I wish I could get enough pain meds for lung and breast cancer and two failed back surgeries the second bringing my legs back to mr but it seems like some ppl aren't happy with all the meds they get.I wish I couldcintrol all the pain I am in and answer me one question how do you ppl get drs.to write so much meds when I am in constant pain.

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Express Scripts ALLEGEDLY purchased Medco. For cost savings after 6 years of bad...THEY ARE HORRIFIC, HAVE TRIPLED 90 DAY SCRIPTS...STILL CHEAPER WITH THEIR FEE FOR NOT DOING 90 DAYS ON EVERYTHING!!! I CONTACT V.I.P.P.S ALLEGED REGULATORS ALMOST EVERY SCRIPT! !!!

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I take both of them and they both feel exactly the same. Your mind is creating these problems on yourself cause you see a different word. Maybe you're better off without drugs in the first place. If you can't use em', lose em'.

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You people are the most ignorant people ive ever read anything from. It makes me laugh reading about your worries. It shows how informed you are about any medication you take, because people like you accidental overdose is a huge killer in the us. It is the same exact drug, just formulated different and chemically combined in a different process. Otherwise they are the exact same thing. Ever hear of the placebo effect?

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