Got the dreaded backorder text for concerta 27 two weeks ago. No change. Talked to my prescriber who called in Ritalin 30 LA today. It's backordered also.
Six tabs left and it's time to start the pharmacy phone tag game. Win and you get meds before you run out. Lose and you're out of meds, losing the executive function required to find your meds 😎🤙
It's been two years now how is this still a thing
Are these drugs not available from illicit sources either?
Risky buy unless you know the seller and that they got it from a pharmacy. There's a ton of counterfeit Adderall out there, and it's always meth. Even the XR gelcaps are counterfeit now.
Meth isn't a terrible substitute, but it's not going to be dosed correctly or even the same dose pill to pill. It has a much longer half-life.
Ritalin is probably safer because it's less controlled in other countries, so it might be cheaper to import the real stuff than press fakes.
IME illicit sources are usually some college kid selling their legally-prescribed extras, at least in the US, so they're also in shortage. I don't think there's much black market synthesis of theraputic amphetamines because there's a lot of legal supply — you're more likely to find meth which has a lot of shitty side effects and is actually addictive.