Why is Corepharma generic Adderall different from other generics

[Jester]

Originally Posted by StoicNate

Avoid those bad generics.

Try Sandoz Adderall in CVS Pharmacy. It's the best and smoothest in effects than any other Adderall generic.
You have to special order it and wait a few days, but it's definitely worth it.

This. Generics are just lower quality.

[StrangeLttlGrrl]

Originally Posted by Jester

This. Generics are just lower quality.

Well, true or not, in the US it's great if you can afford the brand names. Otherwise, it's generic or nothing. So I go with what I can get. And I have usually found generics to be just fine -- it's only with Adderall that I've had a problem.

And BTW, I would be on XR rather than IR if not the pharmacy quoting me a price that nearly knocked me off my feet. $336 and change for one month's supply. And that was the generic! Realistically, who can afford that??!?

[StarStuff]

I have insurance, and XR runs me $81... for the brand, at least. By the way, you should buy from Costco's pharmacy because it's probably cheaper than any other pharmacy around. They carry the Sandoz generic, which most people on this forum who have used all of the generics say is the best.

[livewire]

Pharmacy gave me Corepharma instead of my usual Barr last week. After one day on these evil pink pills I was ready to climb on top of a tall building and start shooting people with an AK-47 or start knocking down old ladies at WalMart with a grocery cart. Nasty, evil, wicked, crap. Called my pdoc and he wrote me a new script and found a drugstore with Barr and all was groovy after that.

[Jester]

Originally Posted by livewire

Pharmacy gave me Corepharma instead of my usual Barr last week. After one day on these evil pink pills I was ready to climb on top of a tall building and start shooting people with an AK-47 or start knocking down old ladies at WalMart with a grocery cart. Nasty, evil, wicked, crap. Called my pdoc and he wrote me a new script and found a drugstore with Barr and all was groovy after that.

You tried doubling your dose with doctor approval? One brand can be crappy and may require more of it to function and by more I don't mean from 20mg to 23mg, more like from 20mg to 50mg or 60mg. Point is, if you take say 20mg of new brand, it might only equal 5 or 6 mg of the old. It varies completely from one person to another. Like, the other dude in the other topic said corepharma is his savior and that bar is crappy.

Another thing that could happen is that one salt of one brand stops absorbing so it changes the dextro levo ratio of the brand. In that case increading the dose will worsen the side effects but taking an antacid would restore ALL salt absorption so I would try both to see what happens.

[The Absent Mind]

Originally Posted by StarStuff

I have insurance, and XR runs me $81... for the brand, at least. By the way, you should buy from Costco's pharmacy because it's probably cheaper than any other pharmacy around. They carry the Sandoz generic, which most people on this forum who have used all of the generics say is the best.

I've heard similar things. Costco's supposed to be cheapest. Had to chime in because of your name/sig :-)

'"I find it elevating and exhilarating to discover that we live in a universe which permits the evolution of molecular machines as intricate and subtle as we." - Carl Sagan'

Good stuff that! I named my computer Starstuff from that very same theme. I love the way he says "star-stuff" in the middle of the song!

[cutesydani]

This happened to me about 7 months ago, form Walgreens! I flipped out! I called my insurance company and explained! I said I REFUSE to continue taking this medication and woulds end it back to them or return it to the pharmacy. Since it is a controlled substance I asked how if I got a new script could I get it refilled. They gave the pharmacy an override code that they would have to do to even out the time between my next few refills and I got my barr back from cvs!!

[mrcold]

Originally Posted by avjgirsijdhtjhs

How about trying straight dex? Dex is a CNS stim, and levo is a sympathetic nervous system stim. No idea why anyone would want to take levo - ADDerall is throwing in a drug that you do not want in with the drug that you do want IMO for me personally. I mean, you can go down to the drugstore and buy levomethamphetamine (don't be confused by their sneaky spelling "levometamfetamine", it's levomethamphetamine) OTC as a nasal decongestant.

ADDerall blend here

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_levoamphetamine

ADDerall was a tad tense for me, and dex was waaaaaaaaay super margeriney smooth.

I prefer adderall over dex as the lesser of two evils. I'd rather be a bit sweaty and crabby while doing the stuff I need to(I'm both of these anyway), than lay on the floor like a sloth thinking about all the stuff I should be doing.

But that's just my opinion, which makes it true...to me.

[mict4u]

Originally Posted by mrcold

I prefer adderall over dex as the lesser of two evils. I'd rather be a bit sweaty and crabby while doing the stuff I need to(I'm both of these anyway), than lay on the floor like a sloth thinking about all the stuff I should be doing.

But that's just my opinion, which makes it true...to me.

I cant believe nobody has posted (that ive seen) that the core amphetamine combo imo is more like a 50/50 levo to dex ratio!! it would explain most all remarks posted about this drug....any thoughts people?

[kiosk]

if anyone would do some reading you will find it doesnt really matter too much on dex or lev....any excess dopamine by either med will eventually turn into NE, so those thinking that dex = CNS only = dopamine....its not the case...dopamine is the precursor for NE and they go hand in hand

[mict4u]

Originally Posted by kiosk

if anyone would do some reading you will find it doesnt really matter too much on dex or lev....any excess dopamine by either med will eventually turn into NE, so those thinking that dex = CNS only = dopamine....its not the case...dopamine is the precursor for NE and they go hand in hand

ok......not to be rude, but you seem to have no real knowledge about the 2 mirror images....there is a massive difference in everyway from levo/dex. If that was not the case meth addicts or who ever would go grab a bunch of vicks inhalers cause they contain 50 mg of LEVO-methamphetamine

[mict4u]

weaker= less dex side effect= levo....all the ones people complain about w/core...even more wired up feeling(body) pinks seem weaker yet more side effects that ONLY levo has

[tambourine-man]

Originally Posted by avjgirsijdhtjhs

I have heard that said quite a few times by people. I can understand that someone might want the levo effect. I just cannot understand why they might want the effect. So far, people's explanations of why they'd want it hasn't really conveyed to me why they'd want it. If I was able to literally be that person for a while and experience their reality then I would be able to see and understand why they'd want the levo effect, but I haven't done this quite just yet. I understand that one size does not fit all and the "different strokes for different folks" sayings, I just haven't seen through my own consciousness and being, why someone would want levo, and frankly just cannot understand why someone would want it because I haven't experienced their reality and consciousness as my own, that's all.

Different strokes. I've found Dexedrine to be every bit as motivating and energizing as Adderall, but also calming.

I read on here that Adderall is "like something they swept up off the floor of an amphetamine factory." ha ha. I'd have to agree. It does seem pretty arbitrary.

A cursory glance at the Obetrol/Adderall history will reveal that Adderall is not some special ADHD drug, intended to last longer and work better. It is a repackaged diet pill, and a crappy one at that. Nobody took Obetrol unless they were trying to lose weight.

Some do better on Adderall though.

If your going with Adderall, go with Sandoz!

[OhHeyAlan]

I have the 5 mg core and I can take one at night and fall asleep easily after an hour.

[tambourine-man]

I think Corepharma may have especially inconstant salt ratios. The DEA allows an 80-105 percent variance in active ingredients. When you are dealing with four separate salts, a 25 percent variation can make a BIG difference. I think Corepharma has a higher l-amp ratio.