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Good comment, but Adderall is Amphetamine, not Methamphetamine. Big difference.
Methamphetamine can be prescribed for ADHD under the trade name Desoxyn, but it's less common because the side effects are worse.
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They should have no business overriding prescriptions.
They can and should—that’s their area of expertise. I’ve had pharmacists catch dangerous but obscure drug interactions that my doctors failed to catch, typically because the two interacting medications were prescribed by two different types of doctors. Even though both would’ve had access to the same medical records and my full medication list, and even though that data was being checked by a computer, mistakes happe…
I've had pharmacists deny me because I was paying for amphetamine without insurance. They said it was suspicious and refused to call my doctor to confirm that I wasn't some sort of criminal.
That's the kind of unreasonable power that they shouldn't have. Finding bad drug combos? I don't think anyone has an issue with that.
If you find a customer to be suspicious (I was wearing a black t-shirt, to be fair), you should be required to call the customer's doctor office and confirm the prescription.
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Can you please provide a cite? I tend to think this coercion probably is happening. Agency rule making should be public and published in federal register. I don't know what the effective recourse would be. The easy track is to go to Mexico and load up on what your Dr. prescribed.
I agree should be , but unfortunately that's not the case. Not in proper detail. Broadly, the DEA's power comes from the Controlled Substances Act, originally passed in 1970 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Act , but the modern day limits themselves are secret. The medications described are Schedule II, which is defined as "The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treat…
I need adderall to function but on my last refill the pharmacy was out and when I asked when they’ll get more the tech said “maybe next year?”. I got my doc to switch me to vyvanse which is 3x the price even with good insurance since it’s still brand only. I don’t like vyvanse compared to plain generic adderall but I’ll take what I can get. Seems like they’d make dispensing it harder rather than just cut off the supp…
I had long suspected I had ADHD. After covid, my brain became wrecked. I wanted to go with something non-addictive due to my checkered past. Easily would recommend, as long as you don't have terribly low blood pressure. NAD.
I currently have to drive 45-60 minutes one way to get to a pharmacy in a small town to get my adderall filled. I’m in downtown Seattle and it’s the closest option. I assume my pharmacy only has it because it’s mostly an older retirement community and they likely don’t have many adderall users. It’s massively fucking annoying to take nearly three hours out of my day to pick up my meds. And it’s massively fucking anno…
If it helps, and if you/your doctor are willing to make a temporary switch, I haven’t had trouble getting Vyvanse filled in Seattle. It’s not exactly the same but may be a close enough substitution. It is more expensive but if you can afford that, it might be worth the peace of mind.
I was on Adderall XR 20mg for 10 years and then switched to Vyvanse 50mg. For me, Vyvanse lasts longer, doesn't have as much of a narcotic peak, and feels like it's more consistently strong for the whole curve.
Just putting it out there because some people have suggested that it was an inferior alternative (and it may be for some people). Some people definitely prefer Vyvanse.
As usual, start with half a pill on these kinds of drugs. Mix it into water so you can easily drink 50% of it one day, 75% of it another day depending on how you feel.
for the past decade+ i’ve just lived with crippling adhd and dealt with it as best as i could. and boy do i mean crippling. i feel like dependency on a prescription stimulant is asking for trouble, at least for me personally.
Every other prescription I've had has an adult (anti-acids, urinary meds, SSRI, buproprion) was eventually cut off from refills because I didn't do the followup appointments. At least I can get OTC pepcid these days, I lost a lot of weight and don't need as much.
Best to just continuing wallowing in unemployment.
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I agree should be , but unfortunately that's not the case. Not in proper detail. Broadly, the DEA's power comes from the Controlled Substances Act, originally passed in 1970 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_Substances_Act , but the modern day limits themselves are secret. The medications described are Schedule II, which is defined as "The drug or other substance has a currently accepted medical use in treat…
Someone willng to pursue a lawsuit might file a FOIA and pursue in court for non-response. A sketchy approach could be suing pharmacy for ... something ... then find the limits for that company via legal discovery. Land of the free or not.
"he sometimes buys a smaller quantity of double-strength pain pills for his patients to cut in half." Yeah, that's potentially very dangerous. Drugs have different release rates, and sometimes have a coating to control when first release starts.
Articles like this and reading about the FDA forcing drug manufacturers to replace pseudoephedrine (effective cold medicine) with phenylephrine (basically a placebo) really make me wonder about the intelligence level of the federal agencies. https://pharmacy.ufl.edu/2015/10/14/uf-researchers-ask-fda-t...
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They can and should—that’s their area of expertise. I’ve had pharmacists catch dangerous but obscure drug interactions that my doctors failed to catch, typically because the two interacting medications were prescribed by two different types of doctors. Even though both would’ve had access to the same medical records and my full medication list, and even though that data was being checked by a computer, mistakes happe…
That's the only happy case. I've had pharmacists deny me because I was paying for amphetamine without insurance. They said it was suspicious and refused to call my doctor to confirm that I wasn't some sort of criminal. That's the kind of unreasonable power that they shouldn't have. Finding bad drug combos? I don't think anyone has an issue with that. If you find a customer to be suspicious (I was wearing a black t-sh…
Then the government should come out and say they will not go after pharmacists for filling any and all prescriptions.
The government wants it both ways, keep doctors and pharmacists liable and randomly nail, but not clearly publish standards of rules so no one can accuse the government of intervening in people’s right to healthcare.
Government gets plausible deniability and someone to throw under the bus. No reason for the people that can get thrown under the bus to stick their neck out.