I got mine filled on the 18th of this month from Walmart. It's horrible! I am not convinced that it is even close to being a replacement for the name brand Adderall. I can't stay awake, feel cranky/moody, headaches that won't go away, shaky, I can't find barely anything on the internet about this medicine either.. Its a white stop sign shaped pill marked m in a box on one side and a 20 on the other.. Anyone else have any issues??
Has anyone else received a new 20mg generic Adderall from Mallinckrodt lately?
Question posted by lalaland22 on 23 March 2014
Last updated on 20 February 2024
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Mallinckrodt 30mg adderall. Worst 3 weeks of recent memory. This generic is so far away from being bio-equivalent to any other generic I have tried. I've had
Barr, CorePharma, and until recently Sandoz.
Costco, in the Midwest at least, switched their preferred from Sandoz to Mallinckrodt. I filled a complaint with the FDA and would encourage anyone else experiencing problems with this knock off to do the same.
Good luck.
Where can I file a complaint?
I am having the same experience with these 20 mg white adderall. I saw that you said you had filed a complaint with the FDA. Is there any chance you could post the link for me and others to do the same. I actually lost my job this past week bc I couldn't stay on task and finish anything. It's been a nightmare!
Ugh! I totally agree with the fact Mallickinrodt is the worst brand EVER! Not to mention the fact I went to 30 places trying to find any brand of my 20mg adderall period. A small pharmacy is supposed to order some for me this week they said they usually get Sandoz. I'm at their mercy so I hope it works as well as my Barr brand. How miserable it is just to feel normal. I'm in central Florida, by the way. Good Luck all.
I did it again!! I told my pharmacy, I do NOT want the generic that is white and for some reason I thought the manufacturer started with a "W" not an "M" for Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals. They switched from Barr to Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals and I didn't realize it until I got home. I got this crap again. It does not work. I had my doctor write my new script and he checked the "Do not substitute" box so now for my suffering, my insurance can cover the $600 cost for brand name.
what is brand name?? i thought they were all generic now :(
is there an authorized generic for adderall IR?
Mallinckrodt is HORRIBLE.
> is there an authorized generic
There is no such thing as an "authorized generic." What gets authorized is the original name brand, authorized by the FDA when it first comes out.
Usually get Adderall 30mgs at Sams Club. They were out so I resorted to Walmart. Took one pill this morning, & feel ABSOUTELY nothing! Don't know if I'm irked because of ineffective results, or if it's a consequence of the pill! So glad to find your comments, since I thought, of course, it's just me! I'll see with a week or so, what ensues...
Ws wondering what brand do you get from Sam's usually? I haven't tried Sam's yet bc I'm scared to get some crappie generic! As I said I did get the white M 30s from Walmart and they were awful but when I got them from Walmart again I received the Barr Teva brand MUCH MUCH BETTER! Corepharm from CVS weren't bad but so far Teva has worked for me, however during the switch from the MallinCrodkt brand to the Teva brand was awful I was exhausted bc the M brand had me on anew awful speed crazy panic anxiety, rage mode so when I switched to Teva I guess bc they are so different I was sleepy after taking them for a few days but they are working great no more crap side effects and MOST OF ALL I CAN CONCENTRATE without my mind being ALL scattered!
Omg I just got mine for the first time yesterday so far I had a horrible headache last night and after reading all these comments I’m realizing I’ll be screwed this month I also take vyvanse in the morning and a 20 of dextro in the afternoon , so I couldn’t tell the ineffectiveness too much with the vyvanse but I’m noticing now that I’m not getting the extra breakthrough afternoon help that I’m used to feeling with my afternoon dose of adderall ! So basically I’m screwed for the month , I’m taking more vyvanse now to avoid taking this crap so I’ll be out of my vyvanse and left with these crappy pills for a large portion of this month I just got these things from rite aid is there ANYTHING I CAN DO ? like I know I can’t return them obviously but has anyone not waited and just stuck it out the whole month can we call our physician and notify them and is there anything the doc can do maybe like write a new script or something ?
cant you call the pharmacy before you fill them and ask them what brand of Adderall they have that month
I got mine filled almost a month ago. I have had an awful month!! The pharmacy changed to this crap after they've always had Barr. This medicine is CRAP!! It does not work! I have been grumpy, terrible temper, tired, cranky, sleepy, to name a few! I realized this immediately after taking it and I cannot wait to get a refill of something that actually works in the next few days. I might have to go shop pharmacies but it will be worth it. Stay away from this useless medication. I feel like napping and I just took it for the 3rd time today! That's 60 mg and I want to nap and bite someone's head off! Shame on you Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals!
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All of the pharmacies in my area are using Malingcrodft brand now. SAMs, Costco, target,rite aid, and some walgreens , and Kroger. You don't have to suffer through them they are really bad. Call your Doctor, they will have you bring in your remaining script and will rewrite for brand but it's expensive. Only thing I could do though. I was mean, irritable, and sick. I thought I was dying, seriously thought I had cancer or some horrible illness until I realized that if I DIDNT take the med that day I actually felt BETTER. No excuse for this to have EVER been allowed to be passed off as an ADD med. No one cares though , because it's just ADD and we are all just trying to get high off our meds not handle life and organize our thoughts right?? FYI- right now in my area the only pharmacy that carries generic and is barr brand is walgreens. That's it.
Everyone else has the white Malencrodft because the pharmacist told me they get a huge discount for buying this in bulk and it's really cheap. YES , the pharmacist at SAMs told me this so , there ya go folks. Good luck with that, I don't think it's getting any easier to find a med that will work. I am sick and tired of being treated like a drug seeker. I'm just plain tired of trying to deal and make everyone think I have it together, and then I remember if I don't take my meds I forget to pick one of the kids up from school or I'm distracted in a store by shiny pretty things and don't realize someone needs to be at soccer or ballet. I am late everywhere I go even on the meds and I honestly just feel so defeated most of the time.
That is crazy! I kept thinking I had cancer the other day after I started on these.. Thanks I know it's not just me.
I'm a Walgreens girl. Walgreens has now gone to Mallinckrodt : (
They r terrible I agree whn I was on adderall I got it once I suffered an entire mnth.
I was taking Barr generic Adderall IR, but Wal-Mart has switched over to Mallinckrodt generic Adderall IR. Mallinckrodt is ineffective! I can't seem to focus on anything for very long, and I seem to take forever to do things, because I don't know where half the day goes. I just called three pharmacies and they can't request a particular generic brand or Adderall. I also had terrible results with Core pink pills several years ago. Is Dexedrine available? If so, which generic brands seem to be effective?
I had no problems when they gave me the pink Corr ones they actually work better on me but I have to talked to a couple people about those and I think in my opinion they work better for people that have ADHD and they don't work so well with people with the non hyper type of ADD. at least I know now never ever go to the walmart pharmacy to fill generic adderall ever again lesson learned the hard way :-/
I almost forgot I had a friend tell me that they have made the generic white adderall from Walmart to just have placebo effect!
I got mine filled almost a month ago. I have had an awful month!! The pharmacy changed to this crap after they've always had Barr. This medicine is CRAP!! It does not work! I have been grumpy, terrible temper, tired, cranky, sleepy, to name a few! I realized this immediately after taking it and I cannot wait to get a refill of something that actually works in the next few days. I might have to go shop pharmacies but it will be worth it. Stay away from this useless medication. I feel like napping and I just took it for the 3rd time today! That's 60 mg and I want to nap and bite someone's head off! Shame on you Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals!
Same here
This Mallinckrodt generic is useless!! My doctor just upped me to 30mg from 20mg and the 20mg were 100× stronger. Of course the 20's were different generic. What a waste. I just called doctor. I'm hoping he can switch my mg back to 20mg since my pharmacy says they can't get the 30's in that brand. Such lies!!! Of course they can. They are more money. Hence, why they work better!!! Unreal! Don't ever let a pharmacist BS about all that fda approval nonsense and all generics are the same. If that were the case, then why does my thyroid dr insist on me taking the brand and NEVER A GENERIC??? well I asked her. She said "the brand is more effective" #ihategenerics #genericsarefakereplicas #justlikeafakedesignerbag ... just think-if it wasn't for these fake replica companies, the brand's would have to be used. Replicas should be illegal!! #pissed
Please do not put up with this!! Stop using these pharmacies! They do not deserve your business! I drive 30 minutes to get to Walgreens. 1 hr round trip.
I am having the same exact issues-- with really painful heart burn and stomach aches as well. I rarely have stomach aches/heartburn so I'm assuming it's due to this horrid generic adderall :(
That's weird BC I was having some weird stomach issue when I did take it also.. I explained it to my boyfriend saying that I felt like I had rocks in my stomach.. I know that's a odd way to describe something like that but I've never my stomach feel that way
It feels like I'm having terrible chest pain so I took pepcid to rule out heartburn, and sure enough that does the trick. I'm finding myself taking a quarter of my sleeping med to control the anxiety! Not worth it! I have been in Adderall for years and never had these issues! Now I know to check What manufacturer they use first!
I thought my friend was losing her mind and tried convincing her she had probably just built an immunity but since the past 2 or 3 months , I too notice that headaches (never had) isolation, can sleep right after taking and always fatigued. Can eat after I just taken . I been on adderall (generic) peach pills about 6 yrs and until the past few months , I become more and more than certain that this is not an immunity issue. I have constant fatigue heartburn and headaches. Where (if possible) can I find the laws or when the change in ingredients have changed? I don't know but think they do not inform us so maybe I'm out of luck. Any help or answers will help. I get my script at CVS
THANK
I forgot to add I too have a lot of stomach issues also and just everyone I asked who is prescribed generic from cvs is convinced we were not informed and that there is different ingredients now making this not only lesson effectiveness or work the same and and also worse side affects. I heard inactive ingredients DO in many cases change how the drug works and fda is not required to let us know
I live in Philadelphia and I cannot get any generic adderal anywhere. Wal mart said they will order it but it will take two weeks. After 2 weeks I went back and they said it was on back order,come back in two weeks. What baffles me is why the doctors even bother to give you a prescription for it when they must know you can't get it. If I can wait for a month or longer than why bother. Does anyone know of an alternative
I hate it too... Been nauseated and stomach upset. Causing depression and crying spells... It just makes me feel BAD ..Ive been Adderall for many years a and this brand is unacceptable. Never again.
I would contact your MD, the pharmacy and the company. They should report adverse side effects.
I spent a week in the hospital for heartburn. Never once from my generic Adderall but from the real XR destroyed me for life.
I just got this from my Rite Aid a few days ago and I completely agree with you - it is terrible. It definitely doesn't do its job like the brand name AND it makes me feel like garbage on top if it. I get headaches, makes my heart race a bit, I feel cranky/moody as well with a twinge of anxiety. I thought it may have been because I just increased from 10mg to 15mg, but I tried one and a half of the 10 mg that I had left over and it's definitely the Mallinckbrodt generic. I have no idea how this even got past the FDA as an alternative.
I donT' know how in the hell it got fda approved as a generic either.. I think it's because of the shortage of adderall and so they just slapped a bunch of crap together and stamped it with some markings and sent it out to pharmacies for when they dont have them in stock! I would rather stick to having to go to 10 pharmacies to be able to find it, there's no way that doctors don't know that there is a shortage going on! every year since I can remember they start having shortage issues but it is usually later on in the year, its only march.. Grrrrr!! And it cost me $4 more then the usual generic ones I get.. I HATE MALLINCKRODT generic adderall!! I have the EXACT same side effects as you said.. I yiyi!!
I agree!
It absolutely does not work a single bit.
horrible horrible horrible. I filled out a report on the fda site medwatch.com but no news on this. mallinckrodt's generic concerta was found by fda to be garbage. please report bad mallinckrodt to FDA.
I agree. I was taking the Teva brand and it's been discontinued. I was given another one and it is definitely inferior. I will look online and see if I can get the other one overseas.
Yup. my regular pharmacy of 15 years suddenly switched.generics on me in 2015.. Agree with every complaint on here..Good thing I wasn't employed at the time. I get the overall reasons why this happened and really its the DEA's fault but still a sociopathic thing to do.
I been having this problem as well since the pink Cor135 20mg Tabcor have been gone. I Suffer from ADD not ADHA. With anything other than the Tabcor's I can't function. The only adderalls I can find on Long Island NY is the Sandoz round orange and another company with oval orange and both cause me to lay down an sleep. I can barely hold myself up while standing because my legs are weak. I drive up and down the coast and sometimes with my 8 year old son, I'm terrified. I have saved 20 of the Cor135's just to drive with, they won't last forever.
Start to read about adderall again they rarely mention ADD, its always ADHD now. Some generic's cater to the ADHD and that's a dangerous game their playing with the ADD advocates like myself. Having to pull off to sleep four hours, two separate times on the same 12 hour 800 mile trip was a Red flagged me. I must know where to find something similar to the COR135 my life and family depend on it.
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