Amazing there is a shortage right at the same time that Vyvanse has finally become a generic. I haven’t had Vyvanse for 2 weeks now due to the shortage. It’s been… difficult.
Edit: I also take Adderall for long days at work and it’s been in short supply for over a year now which has made it even harder.
My pharmacy switched me to the generic and my insurance company required another pre-auth for it. 3 years of taking Vyvanse and suddenly they’re like “No, we don’t wanna pay for the cheaper stuff”. Morons.
I think the pre-auth is a normal thing every 3 years. I get inconvenienced by that on the same schedule and have been told that the insurance company requires the pre-auth from time to time.
Yeah I’m waiting for the generic to become available to see if my insurance will cover it. But my dr already set me up in that they requested the generic for the last year even though it wasn’t available and it was instead filled with the brand name. So when it comes to availability it shouldn’t be anything other than filling with the generic.
I hear ya. I only recently got Vyvanse for the first time in about 5 weeks. Finally the generic drops, I call about a week after to see about getting that or the brand named version and they are out of generic.
Also, as if anyone needed a reminder, but insurance companies are such stupid fucks. I tried to fill my original script for the named version and my insurance refused to authorize it, citing they will only approve the generic version now that it’s out. Like, WTF do they think can happen in 1-week? Did anyone there take any economics classes?
So I contacted my provider and they wanted to write me physical scripts I’d have to drive across town to get. My pharmacy didn’t have any 70mg available, which was why they offered. I pushed the point about not wanting to drive to the office, monthly (because this government is shit and we can’t get any larger supply), and they managed to get authorization for a 30mg and 40mg supply.
I took my only ADHD medicine for the first time in over a month this last Friday. I be turned 39 on Tuesday off last week…
From the article: Henry Shelford, the CEO and a co-founder of ADHD UK, said: “ADHD is a disability and the sudden removal of medication is akin to removing a wheelchair from a disabled person that needs it.”
Ok, but you’re still refusing to let another disabled person have a wheelchair in the first place so…
Are you saying the CEO of the charity organization, ADHD UK, is making the drug policy?
While technically right, Ritalin / Concerta gets prescribed to a lot of people that don’t even need it; pushed by the pharmaceutical companies.
As far as I have followed this issue, this is a US problem. Pharmaceuticals are treated very differently in Europe. For example, there’s no public ads for prescription drugs allowed, meaning that patients usually don’t push doctors to prescribe random stuff they’ve heard about on TV.
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Maybe not that way around, but in the EU the pharmaceutical companies take physicians out for dinner, take them on skiing trips etc. to accomplish the same result; push for more of this medication to be prescribed.
People downvoting me probably don’t work in healthcare and have no idea how these businesses work.
In the UK the NHS uses NICE guidelines for prescriptions. A doctor would be expected to justify prescribing outside of this.
Additionally, ADHD charities report that it is under diagnosed in people in the UK. With many parents suspicious of medicating children.
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Have you actually read the article?
There was a study done in 2000 by Duke University, where Angold, Erkanli and their team analysed data from North Carolina and discovered there that only 43% of students on medication met the full DSM III-r criteria. Later studies in 2010 by Evans, Morrill and their team established an estimate of 1.1 million false positives globally.
Labelling and expectancy bias has been shown to reinforce the behaviour. This same issue is evident with boys who are acculturated to ‘boisterous’ behaviour, even before their hormones add to the problem. There is no surprise to hear that in 2003 the Annals of Family Medicine published a study showing boys consistently get diagnosed more often than girls at a rate of 3 to 1.
Unfortunately, that study was done a couple of hundred years after the UK lost control of North Carolina, so it doesn’t support the claim that ADHD medication is overprescribed in the UK.
Oh my fault, I thought “globally” included the UK too.
North Carolina is neither in the UK or Europe
Can’t understand the word “globally” can you?
This used to be true and perhaps still is in some places, but in some European countries the laws have changed a bit recently which means bad time for pharma companies. They now don’t have enough finances to bribe doctors effectively. (Source: family member in European pharma.)
It’s not about money, they have more than enough of that. It’s about regulations on how they can spend it. They are not allowed to give doctors a mini holliday anymore, they used to to that, but they still have more than enough ways to influence doctors.
I had to jump through multiple hoops and complete a nearly perfect CAARS test before I could even get into contact with my psych. And then it was roughly a couple months talking with her before I was diagnosed. All in podunk USA. So it’s not rampant everywhere, especially since it’s nearly impossible to even find a psychiatrist within 150 miles of my house.
US as well. I have ADHD family members and literally every time the script comes up for refill it’s delayed due to inability to get the medication. Doesn’t matter if it’s big national chain pharmacies or (if you can find one) a local pharmacy. It’s bullshit, stressful, and frustrating…try not hyperfocusing on knowing you may not be able to get your meds that help you not hyperfocus as an ADHD sufferer.
My wife is the same. She calls a few days before the script is up to see if they can fill it. If not then she calls around neighboring pharmacies to see if they have it available and if they do has to contact her med manager to get it transferred. It’s a huge PITA but she’s only missed a day or two thanks to keeping on top of it. It seems like the different chains and grocery stores are on different delivery schedules so someone usually has just gotten some in.
Staying in top of is so hard, especially once you run out of medication
She is lucky she can even do that. If it were an opioid they would just be like “no”. At least that was the case for my aunt before she passed. She just would have to wait in pain until it was available. I think it’s up to the pharmacy if they will accept it or not, and in the best cases they would politely just say “we can’t do that”, some pharmacy techs would directly accuse her of trying to pharmacy shop to get a script fill duplicated. Luckily it didn’t happen often, I think when it did it was because there are now DEA stock limits, so it can take a while before the next order comes.
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Doctors in England have been told not to prescribe ADHD drugs to new patients because of a national shortage, as charities warn that the supply problems are devastating for people living with the condition.
A national patient safety alert from the Department of Health and Social Care said the shortages were down to a combination of manufacturing issues and increased global demand, and could last until the end of the year.
ADHD, which stands for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, is described by the NHS as a condition that can make it hard to concentrate and may mean people act on impulse.
“Other ADHD products remain available but cannot meet excessive increases in demand,” the DHSC alert states.
Dr Andrew Hill, a senior visiting research fellow in the department of pharmacology and therapeutics at the University of Liverpool, said the problem lay in how medicines were sourced.
A Department of Health and Social Care spokesperson said: “We are aware of supply issues affecting medicines used for the management of ADHD due to increased global demand, and we have issued communications to the NHS to advise healthcare professionals on management of patients during this time.
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I don’t understand how I’ve managed to never have a problem getting any drug I’ve needed from CVS.
I’ve been through Adderall, amphetamine salts, dexamphetamine, atomoxetine, and lisdexamphetamine all within the last year with the worst case being (come back tomorrow, when we get our weekly shipment in)
A national patient safety alert from the Department of Health and Social Care said the shortages were down to a combination of manufacturing issues and increased global demand, and could last until the end of the year
Assuming CVS is that American chain who do the long meme receipts, you probably feel the international side of things less as I imagine the US is first choice in market.
That’s them alright, maybe you’re right. Idk much about production and distribution of pharmaceuticals
In Spain there’s a shortage too for ADHD
I’ve been over a week off Atomoxetine, I’m getting ready for my anxiety to come back…
In the US we’ve had ADHD med shortages on and off for years. I switched to vyvanse because I got tired of calling around before every appointment to find which pharmacy to have my adderall prescription sent to. Somehow vyvanse doesn’t have this problem.
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wellbutrin worked for me except for the part where it gave me hives
