Adderall

Customers seeking Adderall, oxycodone, and other medications at Mexican pharmacies are being sold counterfeit pills containing dangerous substances like methamphetamine and fentanyl.In the northwestern cities of Tijuana, Cabo San Lucas, and San José del Cabo, pills advertised and sold as legit pharmaceuticals from actual pharmacies tested positive for the much stronger substances, according to an investigation from the Los Angeles Times.Of 17 pills analyzed by the investigative team, 71% were found to contain either…

The Food and Drug Administration confirmed a shortage of Adderall and generic versions of the drug, saying patients could use alternative treatments until supply issues are resolved. The FDA this week said what patients, manufacturers and retailers have been signaling for months: that patients with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder are having trouble obtaining the medications that can help them focus. The agency said it was working with U.S. manufacturers of the drugs…

Food and Drug Administration officials have confirmed what pharmacists have known for weeks: there’s not enough Adderall to go around. The agency declared an official shortage of the stimulant on Wednesday. And though it is focusing on Israel-based Teva Pharmaceuticals, which makes the bulk of the U.S. stimulant supply, other generic makers aren’t manufacturing enough of the drug either. “There is not sufficient supply to continue to meet U.S. market demand,” said the FDA in its announcement.Adderall is an amphetamine…

For weeks, pharmacists around the United States have been struggling to fill prescriptions for Adderall, and on Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration confirmed the nationwide shortage. “There is not sufficient supply to continue to meet US market demand,” the agency said in a statement. In August, over 60 percent of pharmacists had trouble getting Adderall, which can treat ADHD, according to a survey from the National Community Pharmacists Association.Most of the challenges are attributed to manufacturing problems…

Harlan Band had turned a corner. He was 29 years old and back in school, catching up on algebra and Shakespeare, earning A’s, seeking to put a lost decade behind him and looking ahead to studying medicine.That was the story Mr. Band told his family. He also said it was the reason he sought help from Done Global Inc., an online mental-health company that prescribes stimulants like Adderall in video calls as short as 10 minutes. In his first appointment with Shabnam Rahimi, a…

Online mental-health startup Cerebral Inc. was just getting off the ground in early 2020 when it detected a potential problem in its business model. The company was focused on treating people experiencing depression and anxiety, charging a monthly fee to see a nurse practitioner online for prescription antidepressants. But patients tended to cancel their subscriptions after only a few months, making it more difficult for the company to recoup advertising and other costs, according to documents reviewed by The Wall Street…

Online pharmacy company Truepill Inc. said it is temporarily halting prescriptions for Adderall and other controlled substances used to treat attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, and partner Cerebral Inc. told its clinicians to direct those orders to patients’ local pharmacies.Cerebral, an online mental-health company based in San Francisco that describes Truepill as its preferred pharmacy, informed its clinicians of Truepill’s decision in a Friday email viewed by The Wall Street Journal. The email said Truepill…