I looked at the structure, and it has 2 chiral centers, so that means 4 possible products. Mix in the time-release varieties, etc., and it's hard to know what you're actually getting, and how it compares to what you were taking.AgLiving06 said:
Thank government for it.
We have a couple brands identified for our son that's on ADHD so he can jump around depending on availability.
I thought this was old news. I've at least I've been telling people this for the past 7-8 years.94chem said:
And in other news, the FDA finally admits what we've all known for 30 years. Phenylephrine doesn't work, and should have never replaced pseudoephedrine. Unfortunately, it was 20 years before I realized you could get pseudoephedrine with a driver's license and didn't need a prescription.
I'm not sure. Hypothetically, not requiring an in person visit shouldn't increase consumption of drugs, unless you're saying people are getting prescribed things they don't need because the doc can't tell without an inperson visit?htxag09 said:
Can't this shortage pretty much be directly tied to government mandating how much can be manufactured and increase in demand going up when allowing prescriptions without an in person visit?
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It's made of amphetamines and can be addictive and abused, so it's regulated by the Drug Enforcement Administration.
Rolfe Winkler: Adderall is a Schedule 2 controlled substance for a reason. There are a lot of people that don't legitimately have ADHD that want it because it's a wonder drug and it will make you focus on things.
Kate Linebaugh: That's our colleague, Rolfe Winkler.
Rolfe Winkler: You have a lot of people chasing those prescriptions. Now, because of that, the DEA regulates it, and part of the DEA regulation is putting an aggregate production quote on the amount that is allowed to be made. There's a fixed pie.
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Speaker 2: Let me show you the easiest way to get ADHD care. This company called Done makes it so easy with this three step process. First, take a one-minute assessment to see if Done is right for you. If it's a match, you can schedule a same day or next day appointment with one of their licensed ADHD clinicians. They also make it super...
Kate Linebaugh: Tell me about Done. What is this company?
Rolfe Winkler: Done was a company that basically jumped into this business by working with a whole bunch of nurse practitioners as contractors. They set up the platform. They'll advertise on social media. They'll draw you to their website where you answer a few questions, and then they assign you to a nurse practitioner who will see you for they say 30 minutes, but in our reporting, we found often sometimes 10 minutes or less, who will then diagnose ADHD and write you a prescription. They will charge you 80 bucks a month to continually write you your Adderall prescription.
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The number of prescriptions for Adderall was growing about 5% per year in 2019, and then again in 2020. Then in 2021, prescriptions jumped 10%. Then last year through October, they had jumped another 11%. There's a lot more demand in the marketplace.
