Adderall Manufactured By Teva Not Working (Page 24)

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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The best thing to do is call your pharmacy... I do suggest you do the FDA thing as well but if you call your pharmacy you can have them notate your account that you cannot have that specific brand and before you get them filled again call different pharmacies and see if they have the brand that you need. I have had the same problem with the same brand. I had to call 16 different pharmacies to find one that actually had the medicine and that had a generic that was not the stupid octagon white ones. They cause everything from migraines to vomiting and they do not work. The pharmacist said they can be off by as many as 10 mg.

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Re: Pharmacy tech (# 461)

Which generic brand have you found to be the most effective? Ive noticed the Teva brand I’ve been taking is not working like it used to. Do you think the Adderall name brand is better than any of the generics? Thanks for any info you could give me!

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Re: Lucy (# 462)

I've just tried the Brand by Teva. Here is my summation:

Good
1. No side effects other than dry mouth.
2. Slow onset.
3. Good focus.

Bad
1. Cost!
2. Still has that sweet taste but not as bad as Teva Generic.
3. Quick tolerance.

I'm not sure this is the Holy Grail but not bad.

Good luck!

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Re: Hamster (# 463)

Thank you so much for replying to my post! It was very helpful!!

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Re: Lucy (# 464)

Teva is the best of the worst. Even then I still think the effects are much much less than how I remember them. I took adderall, prescribed, for years. You really should give vyvanse a try.

Good luck!!

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Re: Nick (# 465)

Hi
I went Vyvanse route too.

Very good med but still in patent.

Also, it's a Levo version so it's broken down via digestive. You will get hyper focus, dullness in personality and made me very irritable. No motivation as its not hitting all 4 aspects of adderall combo. In addition, it does not last all day.

With that said, it may work great for you as our brains are all wired uniquely.

Try it for a month. It may or may not be your holy Grail but nothing ventured..nothing gained.

Good luck!

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Re: Hamster (# 466)

I’m currently prescribed vyvanse. I took it 7 years ago as well and I feel like it hasn’t changed.

They both have their benefits and drawbacks.

This post has a lot of good info on both a few pages pack.

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Unfortunately the quality control for Teva is just not great. Different pills in the same bottle have different levels of efficacy. These days many of the main Adderall generic manufacturers are based overseas. Aurobindo is manufactured in India. Teva is manufactured in Palestine. Corepharna is manufactured in China and India.

Very few brands are made in the US. Sandoz is one of them though.

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Re: David (# 468)

It is my understanding that Teva's D-Amphetamine Salt Combo (Adderall) is manufactured by Barr Laboratories.

Even though Teva bought them out, they are a subsidiary, and based on some research I found on fda.gov searching for new ANDA applications, I found a letter from the FDA to Barr approving a formula change.

Barr manufactures the product, Teva distributes it....

While I did notice a decrease in potency in the product between March - Aug of this year, my most recent refills seem more potent/efficacious now.

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Teva lately:

There has been something VERY wrong with my last two adderall refills, which were both Teva because I was too lazy to drive the extra five miles for Corepharma. By wrong, I mean extremely hard on the body and inducing acute depression.

Teva in general:

I have been prescribed adderall for 10 years, taken numerous generic brands, and Teva has consistently had the worst side effects. Blue ribbon for heart palpitations, gold medal for anxiety.

Speaking of anxiety...maybe I'm unique in that when I start adderall after a break, sometimes I get anxiety on the first day. The effect is mild when the generic is Aerobindo or Corepharma, and almost non-existent when it's Sandoz. With Teva, however, I feel as if I have been locked in a steel cage and dropped to the bottom of the ocean. Sometimes this anxiety is accompanied by intense depression. The phenomenon lasts most of the day, making it impossible to get work done. Then it mysteriously disappears (for the most part) on Day 2.

I'm sure there's a medical term for what's going on when this happens, but for convenience I nicknamed it "Anxiety Mondays" (Day 1 is usually a Monday). Catchy enough to remember, so I don't have to re-explain much when I want to warn my friends that I have a hair trigger and could explode at any minute over something inconsequential.

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Re: PersonDiscussingStuff (# 470)

Get Doc to write Script "Brand Necessary"

The Teva Generic sucks.

The brand from Barr (now owned by Teva) is marketedly better with little side effects and way cleaner, more effectious than anything on the street today. The only downside is cost.

Good luck!

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Re: brian (# 10)

Would love to know results if you do this!

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Re: Lucy (# 462)

Hi Lucy! I have been prescribed every single form and manufacturer of Adderall and there is no name brand Adderall tablets* the patent expired a cpl years ago give or take, however I have been in brand name Adderall Xr- wich was horrible. Even being brand name. Teva is the best imho. COREPHARMA has seized production of Adderall tablets and will not be making them ANYMORE. They did not pass fda standard on more than two occasions. Teva is around a lot lately. Stay away from AUROBINDO! Absolutely trash. Mylan Adderall would be my second choice. But I always get Teva.

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Re: Purplerayn86 (# 473)

Mine doesn't work either. It happened suddenly -- the most recent bottle manufactured by Teva. I have absolutely no concentration ability and I feel like it might be causing depression. I asked the pharmacist (Walgreens) if there had been any complaints. Answer was "no." I filed a complaint with the FDA. Not sure that will do anything. I cannot believe I paid $$$ for sugar pills. Now I need to see my psychiatrist early. More $$.

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Re: my name (# 474)

Hi. I had the same thing to happen to me! The last prescription I got filled at Walgreen’s, which was last week has not been working & I’ve noticed I’ve had some depression since I got these filled.? How do you file a complaint with the FDA?

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Re: my name (# 474)

I’m on my cell so hopefully this link works: fda.gov/scripts/medwatch

30 minutes after I reported the issues I had, they replied & said it usually takes 2-3 consumer reports before they open a case. Perhaps you can be the 2nd report.

I’m in Los Angeles, BTW. Curious where you are? I wonder if ‘similar region’ Walgreens get their shipments from the same place.

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Re: David (# 468)

Totally agree. I have been on and off adderall for over 10 years. In last year or 2, I have noticed the teva 20 mg (orange b973 pill) varies greatly even in the same bottle. Brief heart palpitations, gitters ect. Cant prove it but if you hold the pill in 2 fingers some are thicker around the edges than others. The pills that have the less thick cut (more sharp) around the edges seem to be the better ones. Being that i have stopped taking adderall several times, I attribute others claims of deppresion to a weaker or different dose in the slightly more rounded edge fatter pill. The fatter pill is different although labeled the same and the feeling is similar to stopping the perscription altogether, and I suspect people are taking a larger dose to compinsate to for the lack of slight euphoria that the better pill causes, leading to the gitters ect and causing lack of sleep ect. Hope this helps.

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Re: My name (# 476)

I filled out a complaint with the link you provided. Thank you for including it in your message.

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Exact same problem with Teva 20 MG “b973” suddenly not working. Assumed bad batch filled November of 2017. Pharmacy claims nobody has had any issues. Will be filing the FDA complaint today once I get the batch information from the pharmacy.

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Re: Rjk88 (# 479)

My 30 IR Tevas has been totally off for months. It's absolutely ridiculous.
I have to take a double dose together with coffee to function.
Teva are so shady I switched to Whilshire Dexedrine which are better but expensive.

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