• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Is that just an Adderall-class thing? Because my daughter is on a Ritalin-class drug and we seem to be able to get it refilled pretty quickly here, but she’s only been on it a short time and we’ve only had to order one refill. Are we lucky so far? Should we try to make some sort of preparations with her psychiatrist?

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      5 months ago

      There were rolling shortages of methylphenidate as well, largely because of Adderall shortages pushing people to methylphenidate. But I haven’t had a problem for a while.

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      5 months ago

      Probably. Only reason I have some is because I don’t use on weekends and holidays so I don’t build a tolerance so I have a few month supply but now I’m running out. You can’t set up an auto-refill or refill in advance or order online When I go to refill, it takes another 2 months before stock becomes available. Good luck finding a pharmacy because your prescription can only be filled by the drug store it was originally filled at without having to fill out a shitload of paperwork. On top of that, I called every pharmacy within king count WA (2.2 million population) and everyone said they were on backorder.

      https://abc7.com/adhd-drug-shortage-adderall-ritalin-coping-tips/14697865/#:~:text=For the roughly 10 million,of ADHD%2C" said Dr