Adderall Manufactured By Teva Not Working (Page 42)

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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Re: GodFirst (# 820)

Same old troll...different nickname. You contribute nothing worthwhile to this forum. You're a sad example of "God first".

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Re: GodFirst (# 820)

Pretty sure Jesus said not to judge others lest you be judged.

As you just passed judgment on someone you did not know on an internet forum, I'm borrowing a concept from another religion and hoping karma comes knocking on your door soon. In this "drug war" climate, even Stage IV cancer patients get called "shoppers".

Tell me, do you enjoy spending your hard earned money on products that do not work as advertised? Why should medications be the one exception to the rule that people should seek out products that are worth the money rather than continue to buy poor merchandise? Judging by your handle, I'm pretty sure you believe in good ol' American Capitalism, too. Competition among businesses are an important aspect of capitalism, with the public having the right to 'shop around' for the best product. It is not illegal to do so.

Video games, cell phones, scratch tickets, chocolate bars, and alcohol all can cause addictive behavior, and they, unlike Schedule 2 or 3 medicines, do not have extremely important medical use. If you went to buy, say, a cell phone and found that it didn't turn on, that you couldn't return it and get your money back, I'm sure you would not be very happy. And unlike the fine ladies and gentlemen on this forum, you do not NEED the cell phone for severe life-ruining symptoms, you need it for business, communication, or pleasure. You would still have the right to be a 'seeker' or 'shopper' in order to find a working brand of cell phone and store that sells them.

The ill and suffering have a million times that right to 'seek' or 'shop' for medications that work as well. Why not aim your anger at those who deserve your fire'n'brimstone, like sexual assaulters, murderers, and those that abuse children and the elderly?

Oh yeah, because your type always goes after easy targets, and because you have too few brain cells to logically parse something as easy as "you should get what you pay for", choosing instead to spray spittle-flecked "doze junkeez ate my Chee-tos and are therefore ungodly!" faux-invective all over a secular forum.

I hope you've got a dictionary somewhere in the trailer underneath all those barbeque sauce-encrusted Reader's Digests as well as a few hours of time in between "Duck Dynasty" reruns, or I just wasted my time, "God First", ol' chap.

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Okay before I put the convo back on track I just wanted to tell user # 812 (Viking104) that what you said "100% of those on Adderall end up in with depression, in a psychosis" etc. is so idiotic I'm not even going to debate. Just here to say you're horrible for putting BS like that out there. It's dangerous to make claims like that.

User "GodFirst" # 820, lol bye. If God comes first for you then get off this a message board about Adderall, pretty sure God would think it's a waste of time. And for anyone who debates with you, I feel bad for them because you're a troll

Anyway

My TEVA 30mg Adderall IR (D-AMPHETAMINE SALT COMBO 30MG TABS) this month is exceptional. Been struggling for over a year with these stupid generics, usually getting TEVA and it barely worked and came with such negative side effects. I would get MYLAN from Sam's Club last year, and it worked well, though a 30mg felt more like a 20mg. But it didn't have the negative side effects and as of like January they would no longer special order them for me.

Anyway, something has changed because this TEVA batch is working. I got it from Walgreens in Colorado. No irrational depression. No irrational anxiety. No irrational fatigue, lethargy, and sleeping 14 hours. I had heard nothing on any forum recommending this, I was expecting crap again, but with the first dose I was like...holy wow. It's been four days now and each day has been better than any Adderall day I can remember in the last year.

I've gone off Adderall twice in the last year because of the bad generics, but I'm prescribed it for treatment resistant depression. My depression is HORRIBLE without the Adderall. Like...yeah, you don't even want to know. With the typical bad TEVA Adderall in the past year or so my depression is really bad, but not quite at suicidal territory as it is without it. But damn close.

So for what it's worth I'm just here to report that this batch works. FOR ME. As I remember Adderall working a couple years ago. Your mileage may vary, obviously--your pharmacy might have an older batch--it might be a new formula, might be hit or miss due to the poor oversight on the FDA's part. Who knows why, but I'm simply reporting this to try to help others who have been stuck in a dark hole because of the horrible generics as of late (more like as of the last years, ha.) Again, though, this is my personal experience.

Anyone else have any input on a recent refill of Teva?

Again, this prescription was filled on November 14th at Walgreens in Colorado. Denver area.

TEVA Adderall (D-AMPHETAMINE SALT COMBO 30MG TABS)
OVAL PEACH TABLET.
Side 1: b/974
Side 2: 30

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Re: Justin (# 823)

Hi,
Do you take the whole 30mg at once or take half twice a day? I just started back on adderall after being off for 6 months due to the same problems you mentioned. Got my refill a week ago of adderall IR 30 mg (Teva) first few days felt amazing like finally they got the pills back to normal, but now the past couple days I’ve taken my meds it feels like it did when it was crap. Super sleepy and irritable and cloudy feeling.

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Re: PatientsFirst (# 822)

I think it's cute that a Liberal thinks they know the first thing about God. Most of the responses here are frantic and evident of people using excessive amounts of this prescription medication. I pry that those here get the help they need.

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Re: XparraX (# 824)

From my experience, this is true with every generic I have taken.

Your body adjusts, the med is in your system, tolerance begins....

The only solution: Breaks/Holidays so the med is completely out of your system.

Just my 2 cents.

Hamster

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Generics are Crap! Made in dirty vessels in India or China, some in the U.S. Sawdust and Pig Lips is what i call the ingredients. Yet we are forced to take them by insurance companies, which in turn make the brand names too expensive to take due to small sales. Plus Walgreens, CVS, etc. will switch generics depending on the price per 100,000 units, making your body adapt to a change in medication each month for pills that take up to 2 months to take effect, such as anti-depressants.

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Lottie (# 662) --

Here is the link I found in regards to the recall. They do not notify patients for voluntary recalls.

https:/­/­www.goodrx.com/­blog/­recall-generic-adderall-tablets/­

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Re: GodFirst (# 825)

Yes, it's correct for a conservative to spell Liberal with a capital "L." Like God with a capital "G."

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Re: Stuart522 (# 827)

This is very true. I'm on a generic 20mg white stop sign shaped amp salts now for 3 months. At first it was horrible, now after 3 months i have played with it and have it down working the best generic yet. Seriously. I also have many left over on a 30 day supply. In South Carolina you can only get 30 in 30 days. There are no day laps or extra days like in ohio where i could get my script on the 27th or 28th day, depending on the pharmacy. I was always short even with the extra days. Generics are a guessing game. I'm about to get my 4th month's fill here in SC and hope i get this stop sign. It's like a mental war with myself monthly.

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Re: XparraX (# 824)

Hello, I have tried both, but you may need tweaking. Talk with your Dr. Only from my own experience. I take a much higher dose, but i break it up during the day. I can tell when i start that fog. There is no such thing as a one size fits all. No matter how you slice it we all are different. Talk with your Dr. Keep a journal of how it was when you first started and now then daily. Be real and honest. Bottom line is if you ask 10 people the question you are going to get 10 different answers. Then some that judge. You need to do what's best for you on this. Good luck, peace & soul.

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Re: Quality Advocate (# 828)

Thx so much for posting this site..I have a question though,..I do take adderall 20mg x3/day..I get them at Walgreens. They are orange, and not a complete circle shaped but not a football either.. any advice on this? And I go to a new doctor dec.5th.. should I ask for 30mg I'm wondering if I can get 2 a day?? Probably not. Thx, any info would be great

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Re: Charlene (# 832)

From My own experience absolutely. First off its less expensive. 2 pills not 3 has been less expensive. Then you split. The issue may be the Availability of the 30smg. From my experience. I have had dr. Re write scripts because the lack of availability of a mg. This happens at times. Just ask. Worse thing they can say is no.

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What the hell is in these pills? Is there any amphetamine at all?????

When I take a teva 20mg pill now, I get loads of sweating, acid reflux and headaches with NO focus or motivation. Also I'm hungry all the time and I've gained like 20 pounds in the last 6-7 months because of this new teva orange pill

Sometimes I think there's no amphetamine at all in this pill! I'm getting all the bad side effects with no benefit at all! It feels like I'm taking lots of caffeine with this thing.

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Re: Tom (# 834)

I just had my 20 mg prescription filled and have noticed the same thing as well.

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Re: Tom (# 834)

Yes, I suspect they put caffeine in these pills. They've been tweaking formulations for over several years now (ever since the oxycontin abuse became so widespread). This was all done in order to make controlled drugs less prone to abuse. It started with mfrs. making the tamper-proof (so they said) oxycontin, but then they moved into actually modifying the ingredients in various scheduled drugs -- most of them, including amphetamines, pain medications, etc. They'd add new fillers, take away others, add gels and other things meant to counteract constipation (for opiates, that is), and the list goes on. At one point they added something to the buprenorphine meds. to prevent people from taking too many; if a person did over indulge in the bup they would experience terrible stomach discomfort and other maladies.

In the case of generic adderall IR they have, without question, changed the way it is made. The negative publicity of college students using it recreationally and/or to enhance study habits more than likely helped the cause of those seeking to make the drug safer.

I don't know how they're progressing in their quest to bring about the perfect, abuse-proof drugs, but I know this much: The consumer is getting short shrift in all of this. We pay the same prices - or more, in some cases - and we get less active ingredient as well as whatever fillers the mfr. decides to throw in to make the drug more benign and "abuse deterrent."

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Re: Bellflower (# 836)

Um, no- they are not putting caffeine in Adderall.

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Re: Steph (# 835)

I take 20 mg 3x a day. Teva is the manufacture and it was filled at Walgreens 11/2018. Not working, just changed to 20 mg about 4 months ago.

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Re: Hamster (# 826)

Well, went with Teva this month as usual pharmacy was out of Aurobindo.

I had read the Teva adderall 30 mg had "improved" in recent posts.

Hmm....just took first dose and noticed no real change in previous scripts.

Perhaps a tad cleaner than Aurobindo, no real dry mouth but increased "#1 bathroom runs" (harder on bladder?), a bit wired, lasts only a few hours and no discernible mood increase. With that said, motivation up (took 1 week Holiday...soo....) and concentration better...

So, bottom line: Its a toss up. They all suck compared to a few years ago....but Teva seems a wee bit more potent than that India company ( who just bought Sandoz).

Good luck....my opinion ONLY.

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It is really bad. My pharmacy switched to the manufacturer TEVA about 6 months ago. I take 20 mg 3x a day. I noticed a decline in my everyday life. I switched to 30mg 2x a day, and still have a hard time getting through my days. All of my ADHD signs are back and have been since my pharmacy switch to TEVA. I did submit a formal complaint through TEVA's and received a call back. They asked a few questions and opened a case. I suggest everyone who is experiencing this issue reach out to TEVA to make sure them know. I definitely think there needs to be a recall.

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