I know it's not the same drug, but maybe this will be helpful:

https://www.reddit.com/r/philadelphia/comments/z2qacp/has_anyone_who_is_prescribed_adderall_been_able

Try seeing if they have other sizes in stock, then ask your doctor to adjust your prescription to match. Like if you normally take 10mg and they have 5s or 20s in stock, ask your doctor to rewrite the script from "one 10mg pill" to "two 5mg pills" or "one-half a 20mg pill".

Pharmacies also aren’t likely to give that information out over the phone without an rx on file. You’ll have to go in.

Adderall/Ritalin (same class of med): https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-announces-shortage-adderall

I’ve been able to regularly get my Concerta from Giant pharmacy.

Go by a college library. Someone there knows a guy

Can confirm. They typically don't like discussing their current narcotic inventory randomly over the phone. There's no wiggle room when the person shows up with a suspect script or general aura. Cold calling around for C-II's is going to result in plenty of false out of stock replies.

Source: 7 years as a pharmacy tech in the past

Or take a time machine to the 90s

"Shave a bit off the Kilo brick"

Did my time as a tech, too! If we knew the patient was reliable, we might call the nearby pharmacy for them, but otherwise forget it. You want answers about our stock, you need to come in with your script or have your doctor send it in, since they FINALLY have an electronic system for that now.

This isn't a city thing, this is a pharmacy thing. I worked in white-as-fuck suburbia and my bosses gave no fucks about affluence, money, or name dropping when it came to our narcotics inventory.

Are doctors able to e-scribe narcotics now? I've been out of the game since 2008 when that whole system was in it's infancy but if so, yay for everyone involved!

Yes! At least certain ones I know of. Super helpful with telehealth appointments and the pandemic. The chain pharmacy I go to will even transfer them between same chain locations, which was a lifesaver during the 2020 police riots and the assholes who took advantage of that confusion. I think there’s finally a central database now of these scripts, which helps.

Very cool. I saw the potential for it to reduce general fuckery from all sources way back when, but the system at that point was too buggy to give up on hand written hard copies all together.

"So your doctor gave you this prescription for #160 Adderall to be taken twice daily for an... 80 day supply? 🤔

Lemme guess, you don't have insurance to bill for this either, right?"

Then the insurance comes in with a refusal because twice the quantity of half the dosage costs more money 🤦

Our insurance system sucks in general, and sometimes they’ll deny certain meds entirely, but I have never had insurance give me a hard time about changing dosages of a medication.

Try GoodRx instead of your main prescription insurance.

Shit! I've been out of Adderall for 2 weeks with 2 pharmacies! And I was going to ask my doc for Ritalin! Fml!

I've never tried Vyvanse, can anyone tell me about it? I don't even have a fkn actual shrink any more, I have to beg my GP! Shiiiiiit. Is it within this sub's rules for someone to compare Vyvanse with Adderall for me? I take 30mg 2x daily of dextro-amphetamine. My ADHD is horrible and I'm posting too much. Help please, just compare them and suggest equivalents. Thanks.

Fkn Ritalin shortage too... fml.

How does Concerta compare to Adderall? Say I take 30mg dextro-amphetamine 2x daily. What would the Concerta equivalent be? I can't just walk around with my brain like this, I need info.

Yall must really be buggin right now

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Go to an independent pharmacy. They’re so much better at getting items from the distribution center, IMO.

Find out if your doctor has a good relationship with a pharmacy. Have them send the Rx there.

There is currently a nationwide shortage of adderall and similar drugs. You will have a much greater chance of finding your prescription outside the city limits. Try calling pharmacies outside the direct city part if you are willing to travel but you still may not have any luck. If not try talking to your doc/the pharmacist and see if you can switch to something that is stocked.

We’ve been dealing with this shortage for months now and it likely isn’t going to get better soon. You wouldn’t believe how many people call into the pharmacy asking the same question.

Best of luck!

Use GoodRX. I get half off my adderall with it, sometimes more.

My pharmacist here in Kansas said there’s a nationwide amphetamine shortage

Vyvanse works well for me. It’s similar to a XR adderall but supposedly lasts longer. You would only have to take it once a day. I try to take it with a higher protein breakfast.

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Said it in a previous thread about Adderall, but try Capsule. They’re at 22nd and Sansom or something, and they deliver.

Edit:made my own PSA post.

Capsule Pharmacy. They deliver and they’re amazing.

Telling people about Capsule on Reddit is now like half of my comments in this sub.

Edit: made my own PSA post.

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A friend was able to get it in a day at Costco. If there's one around maybe try them.

How hard is it to switch to capsule from CVS? Need the delivery part. Broken legs.

Very easy, you can either download the app and go through the prompts or chat or whatever (sorry, been a while since I transferred one) or call/text 215-867-8777.

picked up a script this morning, no issue.

they are actually not the same class. Adderall is amphetamine and ritalin is phenidate

this is wrong. adderall has ZERO methamphetamine. It DOES have amphetamine salts. Desoxyn is pharma methamphetamine hcl.

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Guess what, my former shrink's boss is taking me and she said if we can't find the dextro-amphetamine then she will switch me to Focalin. Haha. Remember Bart Simpson with Focusin?

Wish me luck.

Capsule dot com or use their app. My new shrink is open to trying it after I sent her a screenshot.