Doctors in England told not to start new patients on ADHD drugs due to shortage
Doctors in England told not to start new patients on ADHD drugs due to shortage
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'm not sure of the exact reasons for the shortage but one possibility is supply chain disruption from the pandemic. The base materials are often produced in huge batches over a period of years and then stockpiled while the plant is reconfigured for another drug. If the demand fluctuates and the stockpile is not enough to cope, it can take months to get back on track.
Definitely seems like a contributor. I wonder, also, how much of the delay was because pharmacies were told that the generic was coming, decided not to buy much of the more expensive stuff and hoped their stock would get them by until the generic was readily available.
I had no idea a generic was available, that should be good news. I hope there's no pharmaceutical shenanigans, AKA patent extensions.
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...
