This may be beating a dead horse, but I just feel so bummed about the Corepharma brand generic that I wanted to add my two cents. I must admit that I was a fan of the Barr brand (which I know is not popular here). I tried the name brand one time and for me there was no significant difference between it and the Barr (yes, there were slight differences, but not enough to justify spending more $$ on the brand--besides, Barr was working for me).

Fast forward a couple of years to my latest Rx. These little pink pills are of the devil! I feel like they barely work. Yes, I am getting some good from them, but nothing near what I got from the name brand or the Barr. Something is better than nothing, but I want what I had. Boo. I take 50 mgs a day (20 in morning, 20 at noon, and 10 around 3 pm). I feel like I'm taking half that. I just started this Rx too so I've got to make it through the majority of a month's worth before I am due another refill. I'd rather pay the extra money and get the name brand than get another bottle of pills that fell off the junk train.

Anyone else disappointed with these little pink nightmares? Anyone having a good experience with them??

So peeved at these things right. Blarf. *stomps around*

Well I have nothing to compare them to except focalin and concerta and they are way better than either of those. if you are saying they are weaker than you're used to, maybe i don't notice because i started with the weaker one. but i'm paranoid about what everyone has written so i just got a prescription for the brand XR and today is my first day. i can't say i notice anything totally different yet but i will know more after a full day. can you say specifically what is different? just lack of focus? and does taking more help or do the side effects just get worse?

The differences seem to be the focus isn't as good and they don't last as long. They seem to be half as strong as the name brand or the Barr generic. I don't know what taking more would do, but I don't want to run out before I can get another refill. I'd rather have something than nothing.

With another script from your doctor that says "adverse reaction to new manufacturer of med, please fill barr manufactured adderall" and a call from your docters office to pharmacy or insurance etc. etc. I don't remember who calls who in what order, but I was able to get my insurance to cover its normal amount and get an 'early' refill of barr. Your not going to get a refund for the pills you bought.

I'm not looking to return them. Just won't buy them again. After taking them a few more days, they aren't getting any better. I'm going to start calling around to see who carries what so I'm prepared when I'm due for a refill.

I dont know, i almost would rather have corepharma over barr. It seemed smoother and longer lasting. It could be all in your head, but you know your body better than i do, obviusly

Guys,

Try cutting the Corepharma tablets into four pieces. My guess is that the filler's properties affect the absorption, as someone said. Four smaller pieces will have more surface area exposed than just the one tablet, so should be absorbed in the stomach more quickly. If several of us try it, we might be able to conclude something and solve the Corepharma problem (if it exists).
I just started the Corepharma brand yesterday and, after reading many negative posts, divided my tablet just this morning. So far, it seems fine.
I researched the inactive ingredients for both Barr and Corepharma tablets, and they were significantly different. I'll start a new thread and list the ingredients so that someone who knows chemistry can provide some insight.
The Barr filler contains sugar, which is very soluble in water, and the Corepharma does not.

I'm not looking to return them. Just won't buy them again. After taking them a few more days, they aren't getting any better. I'm going to start calling around to see who carries what so I'm prepared when I'm due for a refill.

You might not be getting my point. I am saying if you would like to get an early refill for the barr manufactured adderall it is possible if you get a script from your doctor stating patient had adverse reaction to corepharma brand and set the phones in motion. If you're saying that you're content to wait it out than thats cool too of course.

Hello all, I just joined yr forum today and i am happy to share my story that i experienced just yesterday regarding "the evil pink pills".

I was diagnosed with ADD about 7 years ago and started taking name-brand Adderall at that time. After two months of tweaking the amount I was amazed at the difference that this pill made in the quality of my life and wondered how I made it 33 years without it. Simply amazing!

But that isn't my story. A few years ago I found myself unemployed and scraping every penny i could. As u may know, Adderall is not cheap when u pay out of pocket for the full amount. I was relieved when I found that I could get a generic brand (the wonderful orangies) at Walmart for, at that time, almost half the cost! I didn't even care that I reacted a bit different to them; it was minimal and i just felt lucky to have the alternative so I can keep taking the meds. Since then I found my life in a place that an HSA medical account was a smart choice for my family and as some may know, there are high deductibles involved. That meant that I payed close to full price for meds up to that deductible. Again, I was quite happy to have the "orangies" as an alternative; and by this time I was quite used to them.

I wish I could do the "Wayne's World" time warp sound here, but oh well. Skip to this past Sunday. Recent changes in my life again facilitated my decision to change to a "regular" insurance plan.....one where I would have a very low co-pay for drugs. Being the first time I filled my Adderall script on this plan I decided to take advantage of the ease of going to a close pharmacy.....walgreens. (lower case on purpose). You can guess; Monday morning I opened pills for morning dose and found lil pink pills with COr 135 on em. I never seen em before and was hesitant. I've been taking the orangies for a long time and know what they taste like....very sweet and kinda tingly. So I bit off a very small piece and tasted. Bitter, like aspirin; and no tingly. I can only assume that the tingly is because it is an amphetamine, and thats what a stimulant does....it tingles! I decided (since I had no choice anyway) to down it. After a bit I felt it work, but not like normal; kind of dulled. After an hour i felt like plain crap! Woulda been better off without em i thought.

Since I don't have access to the internet at work I asked my wife who works in an office and has ties to the pharma industry to boot to do a little research on the web and find out what the H this stuff was. The next time I spoke with her is when I first learned of your forums here and of the troubles that people have had with these pills. Now since I have ADD I know that you will all fully understand that since this post is getting WAY too long I am going to condense the ending a bit. hehe.

Its very simple anyway.....I hate insurance companies. I took my pink pills to my doctor and told them what I experienced. To my amazement, this sis not the first time by any means that they have had this issue with Corepharma generic Adderall. They had me call my insurance company and explain to them that this generic pill didn't work for me, that my doctor has destroyed the Corepharma pills, and that I am requesting a prescription override. Unfortunately the person at the insurance company didnt know what they were doing, so I ended up fighting with Medica over the phone for 2 hours to get the override. Interestingly though; the person at Medica pulled the same crap on me that others here in this forum and other places on the web have described.

"We looked at your script history and see that the prescription just filled in question has the exact same fill request as every other one you have had in the past."

"Well, since I have no control or knowledge of what walgreen pharmacy sent to you, nor should I; I will tell you this. These pills were pink with a COr 135 on them, not orange. They were not the same. And one other thing....THEY DIDN'T WORK!"

After 2 hours fighting with them I did get a new fill under my policy; thank God! I was very worried I may have to go through a whole month with pinkies...or nothing at all. Scary.

I have two objectives in writing this post. One.....to let others know that you can do something about getting a new script before a month goes by. If i can do it with Medica, anyone can do it with a lesser insurance company. Two.....I would like to know if there is any organized push to crush Corepharm and the bad cht they are putting on the streets. lol. If there is, I would like to investigate it and possibly join the cause; because you all are correct in saying that unless we do something about it, nothing will change with the problems we deal with from corporate predators that have found ways to cheat us all from our hard earned money.

Thank you all, and good luck!

Scott from MN

The issue is not with corepharma. It is with walgreens not informing people that this is a new form of the med they are receiving and they may experience differing effects. The easiest and most effective form of protest is to take your business elsewhere. I will bet you walgreens changes back to carrying barr brand adderall if they have any sense. Unless of course they don't make any profit off increased pharmacy sales. I don't know how that works.

I don't think corepharma are short changing customers by putting less amphetamines in each pill...the risks would be too great for them. Don't the FDA investigate things like this?

If it's the pill binding that's different - Cutting the pill into quarters or even halves should help. It might be more compacted since they probably use different pill presses, therefore it might be released more slowly than barr.

Also try having a quarter teaspoon of sugar with your corepharma. Since that's one of the ingredients its missing compared with barr.


This is strange. I want to find out what's causing these different reactions between brands of the same drug.

I think we need to do our own double blind study :)