Adderall Drug Shortage Will Continue in 2012, Government Officials Say

You can bet that both entities are full of crap and producing propaganda on the issue. It’s called profit over everything and government scams…..

We all know the DEA is a worthless draconian fascist organization that is full of lies, and we all know the Big-Pharma-Dangerous-Drug corporations are full of lies as well.

It’s time to shut the DEA down and dissolve the worthless organization.

This activity should be ALL private sector anyway.

It’s naive to think that big pharma couldn’t possibly be the bad guys. They are the ones who benefit the most from shortage. It’s called supply side economics. The less supply the higher the price. Same thing as big oil. It’ price gouging. Not only are they boosting their own profits, they have an alliance with insurance companies who are also price gouging. It’s actions like this that cause us to have the need for the health care reform laws that seem to leave a distaste in everyones mouth. Had they been honest and forthcoming and done the right thing in the first place, there wouldn’t have been that need to have the law. And don’t blame the employees of these companies because the manufacturing of pills is all automated so there are not that many employees to pay. There is no other reason for it and it really stinks.

Despite the fact that there ARE children with legitimate issues (such as DOXIELOV’s), it is also a fact that ADHD is among the most over-diagnosed “conditions” and millions of children are medicated needlessly every year.

In my almost 20 years as a teacher of young children, I saw perfectly normal kids as young as 3 being diagnosed and put on medication for simply being bright, active, and bored by/acting out against the unreasonable expectations of the adults around them. In some cases, the parents refused to accept any diagnosis but ADHD and went to as many doctors as necessary to get it.

It is ridiculous to not question that almost 10% of all our children are said to “have” this “disease”.

This whole class of drugs is a huge cash cow for the industry, and the “disease” has been heavily promoted, directly to consumers (such direct to consumer marketing being one of the main reasons for our excessive use of prescription drugs and their high cost…thank you Ronald Reagan.)

Pharma is the second most profitable business in the U.S. (just behind oil). If anything, our government agencies (FDA, esp.) are far too influenced by the private sector interests involved, not overly biased against them.

Oh….and before you bash me about becoming educated on topics (YOU ASSUME) I know nothing about, how about engaging me in an adult conversation so we can have an educated conversation, instead of you looking foolish as though you are the only parent/family member that has ever dealt with a child with ADHD.

I am a college student who is prescribed adderall but has been switched because of the shortage. I came up all the way through grade school to high school with no medication. I did alright in school but now I do a lot more than alright. Maybe these drugs are over prescribed but if they are unrightfully prescribed to a ton of my peers and not me, then I’m at a huge disadvantage. I got tested and got the prescription because I could see what was happening and wanted to level the playing field. I was just as smart as everyone else but could not preform at the same capacity and now I can. That’s why I want this adderall shortage to end.

Then there are people like me that take adderall for a reason other than ADHD. I take it to stay awake/alert. I’ve tried all meds made for that and all they do is knock me out. I finally find something that somehow helps, adderall, and of course it goes into shortage. It doesn’t even give me an energy boost to do things like clean, etc, it gives me just enough to keep me from falling asleep at work. I have MS and now I’m taking the more expensive XR and it doesn’t work half as well at all. My body metabolizes it so fast that I’m taking two a day and sometimes fall asleep after taking the second one. So adderall does have its place.

I find it funny that the DEA says it puts production limits on Adderall to protect against potential drug abuse, but it loosens those restrictions on generic forms of the drug… to me that proves it has nothing to do with cracking down on abuse but cracking down on the drug industries profitability.

@MANDA…if you are going to stereotype parents of children being treated for ADHD with medications as you did in your original post, then you can only expect to be corrected. Now go on with your other ‘adult conversations’.
On a side note…I would like to see the FDA crack down more on oxycodone and alprazolam…the pharmacies have no problems shooting them out like PEZ dispensers. We have a horrendous problem with abuse down here in south Florida…and the hospitals and medical providers have started an online registry to prevent doctor shopping and jumping from ER to ER eliciting narcotic prescriptions from practitioners…..It’s interesting…the FDA is cracking down because people are ‘abusing’ amphetamines to score higher on tests in school…not that I’m condoning it, but at least people are trying to acheive something positive with the Adderall….the narcotics are being sold on the street..crushed, snorted, injected …and for what? Where is the crackdown on opiates??? It’s absurd.

Ed, come on man. OBAMACARE OMG shut your damn mouth.

To everyone who is saying ADHD is a sham, People can get by fine without medication, blah blah blah. Tomorrow I run out of adderall, again. the last time I ran out was in october and I didnt have it for 2 weeks.

I have worked at my current job for 8 years. Before october I had been late 3 times. In the two weeks without adderall I was late 9 times and was written up twice because I was not focused as much as i should be on two different projects that I was managing fine with my adderall.

If you really believe this is not a big deal please in three days let me come stay at your house for 2 days. Just 2.

The shortage is not only on brand name as people as speculating. The generic is restricted as well. I have had a heck of a time refilling my generic version. Pharmacies are constantly out and I have to try one of places to find it. The funny thing is, brand name is always available but my insurance doesn’t cover it. It’s not the manufacturer it’s really the DEA. It’s not fair to he individuals who actually take their meds as prescribed and do not abuse it. The price has not gone up either even with the shortage meaning it’s not about the money. It costs my insurance about 150 month.

The DEA is completely responsible for this. They enforce the yearly quota, and rarely even change it without a ground of paper work. Because of them, we also don’t have generics for several other families of ADHD medications.

My son was diagnosed with ADHD 2 weeks ago. This diagnosis came after 5 hours of testing over 2 days. He was also diagnosed with a math learning disability and a cognative hearing disorder. After being on his Adderall for 2 weeks, he made awesome grades on his 9 week tests and made the honor roll for the first time. He is in the 8th grade. Also, my son has been in trouble at school his entire life. Causing disruptions in class, talking out of turn, couldn’t stay in his seat, couldn’t finish school work, never turned in his homework, etc. for the first time ever I am not getting calls from the school about him! The greatest effect ever is the fact that my son is happy. He enjoys going to school now. He is excited to do his homework. He is proud if himself. There are so many drugs our there that people abuse. Not just this one. I for one am glad twe have our son on this medication.

My Son is 9 years old and in the fourth grade and just was diagnosed having ADHD and his other teachers use to tell me that he did not have this and it because of his behavior. I think the first time I had him tested that He should have been on medication. He has missed out on alot because of his kindergraten through third grade teachers thought that he he behavior problems and this was not his problem. Thanks to his 4th grade teacher for noticing this he sits in his chair and does his classwork with no problems. He is improving in his work. His writting has gone from where you could hardly read it to being nicely written. He is behind in his reading writting skills he good in math. So I have decide to retain him in the 4th grade again for him to catch up on his reading level and writting level as well. He is on Adderall XR generic brand 15 mg and then he takes another medication at noght to help him also. He doing alot better now in school and we get homework done with in an hour instead of 5 hours like before. He was always fighting me to get things done. Sometimes I would give in to let him go play outside to wear him out running around to make him tired. I also took him swimming to keep active during the summer. I have found that I have had to go to different pharamancies to find his medication because they are out and I usually have the pharamacy that I am at to call around for me . I hope that I won’t have to change medication on him but if it comes to this I am taking to his doctor about this and to see what will happen if we where to change medication.