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Dexedrine tablets discontinued

JohnnyCalifornia

JohnnyCalifornia

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Last week my pharmacist told me Dexedrine (dextroamphetamine sulphate) has been discontinued in tablet form, but will remain available in spansule form. I confirmed this via email to Glaxo. (I'm not sure how much Dexedrine production Glaxo controls these days, but their customer service people told me the tabs were no longer available.)

When I mentioned this to my psychiatrist this a few days later he was upset. Many of his patients were greatly helped by instant-release Dex and now he will have to go with a less effective replacement. (In my case, Adderall, which has worked okay for me in the past. I have been using Dex for breakthroughs in my primary daily regimen of Vyvanse and am confident that Adderall will be suitable for this secondary role.)

As for the consequences of no more Dexies for Bluelighters, it would seem a national day of mourning is in order.
 
I'm PRETTY sure he's right...i thought they did this a few years back though...not just now?
the dex website is spansules only.
I think Dstat might still be in production..
 
The only formulation I've ever seen as far as IR Dexedrine goes is the Barr generic Dextrostat (my pharmacy calls them this anyway).

I think Dexedrine/Dextrostat is here to stay.
 
I dont see anything about this. Everything I see is 2011 up to date. And says nothing about the tablets being discontinued.
If someone find anything, link it.
 
Are you fucking with me??

I've been having immense troubles getting my Dexedrine IR 10mg tablets TID refilled recently, but the pharmacist called the distributor (in my case they are 10mg IR Barr pharmaceutical tablets) and they said they wouldnt be able to send any to the pharmacy until late November, which I found extremely odd, but there is a nationwide shortage of amphetamine-type drugs lately so I chalked it up to that. But now you say they are discontinued... my heart would break, I cannot take fuckin' Adderall after using dexedrine for years now. Again, if you have a source for this shocking news I'd really, really like to see it. I've known that brand-name Dexedrine IR tablets have not been produced in a little while, but the Barr pharmaceutical ones have always been around.

...worried, now.

~ vaya
 
Nobody wants me to be wrong about this more than me. Tracking down the straight dope on the story isn't easy, what with the pharmas constantly buying and selling each other and each other's products. I've found out so far what experienced Bluelighters already know: Dexedrine tablets are made by one generic mill (Barr, a subsidiary of TEVA) while the spansules are made by another (Amedra, an offshoot of CorePharma). I have an email into Amedra's customer service department but am unable to get anywhere near Barr. Everything sent their way is vectored to TEVA, a multinational based in Israel. The Glaxo customer service folks told me in a reply to my emailed query that indeed the tabs had been discontinued.

While companies announce new products with as big a splash as possible, they tend to keep mum when they're retiring them. But still, why would anyone want to drop a cash cow like Dexedrine tablets? As far as I know, Dexies havent been demonized in the press lately. I'll continue inquiries next week and report here. I suspect, though, that the other shoe has not yet fallen. As in, one company could be handing off the tabs' production to another and in the interim there's a gap in the supply. No doubt we'll get the whole story next week, given the high level of motivation for many of us to do so.
 
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fuck the tablets they suck and are too big (dextrostat) Dexedrine is way better (capsules with beads, much smaller concentration of d-amph) verse tablet
 
Dexedrine has not been discontinued: It's on backorder for six weeeks

I just got off the phone with TEVA USA Customer Support who told me their dextroamphetime sulphate tablets are on backorder for six weeks. This contradicts what the drug rep told my pharmacist, that Dexedrine has been discontinued, but of course the manufacturer knows best. (I have no idea why Glaxo's customer service people told me that it was discontinued. Some years ago Glaxo sold Dexedrine to Barr, who were later bought by TEVA, making TEVA the sole manufacturer.) I regret any anxiety my post caused Dex users. I am one of your number and was equally dismayed. I'll use Adderall as a replacement until, as a Christmas present, TEVA give us back our Dexedrine.
 
It's sad when old drugs are phased out. It isn't typically intentional, except in cases like propoxyphene, but incidental when the last generic manufacturer ceases production. The same fate befell my beloved Midrin earlier this year, a mix of drugs used to treat migraine in capsule form which included a compound metabolized to chloral hydrate, so chloral hydrate is another neat drug that just became much harder to find due to a business decision not related to efficacy of the drug :/ With newer, more profitable drugs, the old standbys become less lucrative.

For what it's worth, Midrin's final generic (Epidrin) manufacturer also told pharmacies initially that it was only back-ordered. Hopefully that isn't the case with dexedrine, but don't hold your breath... Drug shortages of this type (ie not resulting from mass hysteria) are quite rare.
 
I just went to walgreeens and they had DEXEDRINE SPANSULES in stock,i dont think its gonna be Discontinued, maybe GaxoSmithkline is stopping, but i dont feel BARR is gonna stop making dexedrine generics. Either Way Dextrostat or Dexedrine, most pharmacies dont even carry them, very hard to get,, rarely RXed...my Pysch gave me it no questions asked, even moved me up to Dexedrine !5mg Spansules twice a day, 3 month supply, boy abuse went up. adderal shoud be looked at, its side effects are not good at all especiallly when its effecting kids that are 6yrs old and there emotions wen the pill wears off, alot of people end up addicts as they get older when a doctor gives them those ADHD meds when young (me 4 example) started on ritalin not knowing anything bout it at age 14. i took my 1st dose as prescribed and i got so euphoric, i became hooked on it and caused me alot of emotional problems (aggression, depression, violent) etc..i feel its not right to be giving Adolescents Amphetamines for ADHD, due to its potency,disturbs the effects on a growing person, the fact how addicting and abuse it can become, im 25yrs old and my doc is gving me adderall XR 20mg, my Girlfriends little brother is 10 and she is on adderall 30mg tablet in the AM, and 10mg ritalin in evening (over eats, i think the doc did that so supress appetite due to obesity) i can tell how depresssed he gets as his adderall wears off.....talk about excessive dosing, an adult even in there 30's can take even 5mg adderall and be geeked,but 30mg for ten year olds is a path for destruction.........
 
To Whomever Posted Dexedrine tabs are gone

Right now theres a new pharm company in the process of making 2.5/7.5/15/ and a whoopping. THIRTY mg dexedrine tablets for the US. For more info go to the addforums.com and go to medications and click dexedrine. Finally barr is getting put in there place apparently they have Already been given a go for it to. How rad is that for those of us who Hated barr ir. This could be fantastic. A add medication breakthrough. They will also be making other strengths the highest one is 30mg though and this I marvel who came up with this idea.(i cannot think of the manufacturer) Theres still hope everyone! :-)
 
The lady at costco told me 20mg barr adderalls were going to be stopped... I don't believe it though.. their the best ones.
I don't know why so many people hate regular adderall.. and love d-amp. . I've done the adderall thing for many years, I've been on dexedrine before, and now I take vyvanse...

I think adderall > vyvanse or dexedrine. And vyvanse = dexedrine
 
Thank you for posting this information, but you should have just posted this in the thread you are referring to, which happens to be directly above this thread. I am going to go ahead and merge this into that thread, to continue the discussion in there.

Merging.
 
JohnnyCalifornia said:
I just got off the phone with TEVA USA Customer Support who told me their dextroamphetime sulphate tablets are on backorder for six weeks. This contradicts what the drug rep told my pharmacist, that Dexedrine has been discontinued, but of course the manufacturer knows best. (I have no idea why Glaxo's customer service people told me that it was discontinued. Some years ago Glaxo sold Dexedrine to Barr, who were later bought by TEVA, making TEVA the sole manufacturer.) I regret any anxiety my post caused Dex users. I am one of your number and was equally dismayed. I'll use Adderall as a replacement until, as a Christmas present, TEVA give us back our Dexedrine.
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Hey JohnnyCalifornia, good looks on the initiative there. I thank you :) Your post also goes along with what happened to me in real life - that is, I brought in the script, the pharmacist told me they'd have to order it but it'd b here in 3 days. 3 days later its not there - so the head pharmacist woman called the supplier who told here they wouldn't be able to provide anything until the end of November/Early Decmber. It sucks, although I'm enjoying the Vyvanse I'm on temporarily while waiting out the Dexedrine situation, and I thank you again for helping to confirm that the medicine is not gone forever.

*relief*

~ vaya
 
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