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Posted by leslieg on April 2, 2012, at 21:50:18
I live in a large city (> 1 million people) and my pharmacy says their Dexedrine orders are never filled -- they believe it is nearly impossible to get in the entire city. I'll take name brand Dexedrine or generic Dextroamphetamine. It doesn't matter.
I need this drug. I have narcolepsy and metabolize amphetamines quickly. Vyvanse and Dexi are the only drugs that work for me. I take 60 mg Vyvanse around 6:30 am then 7.5 mg Dexi at 1:30 then often 5 mg Dexi at 5 pm. I've been cutting back my Dexi dose but my evenings have been bad -- I'm angry, irritable, headachy, un-coordinated and generally somebody that nobody wants to be around. When I take my full Dexi dose, life is so much easier for everyone.
I can get my pdoc to fax an Rx anywhere. I have Rx in-hand. Does anyone know where the drug IS?
My only other option (that I can see) is to take a smaller dose of Vyvanse at 1:30. I do that occasionally when I don't get home until 9:30, but I'd sure rather not do that every day -- despite obvious negative side-effects of going without, some days my body tells me I NEED to have a lower dose. (And I have a strong feeling my insurance won't pay for "16 hours" of stims a day, even though for me it is closer to 12 hours)
I've got about 8 days of Dexi left.
Posted by Phil on April 3, 2012, at 8:46:49
In reply to Help! Dexi Apr 2012 -- WHERE CAN I GET SOME??, posted by leslieg on April 2, 2012, at 21:50:18
You should have 30+- pharmacy's(chain-independents)to choose from. Why won't your pharmacy order it? Have you called other pharmacy's?
Posted by Solstice on April 4, 2012, at 8:17:29
In reply to Help! Dexi Apr 2012 -- WHERE CAN I GET SOME??, posted by leslieg on April 2, 2012, at 21:50:18
> I live in a large city (> 1 million people) and my pharmacy says their Dexedrine orders are never filled -- they believe it is nearly impossible to get in the entire city. I'll take name brand Dexedrine or generic Dextroamphetamine. It doesn't matter.
> I need this drug. I have narcolepsy and metabolize amphetamines quickly. Vyvanse and Dexi are the only drugs that work for me. I take 60 mg Vyvanse around 6:30 am then 7.5 mg Dexi at 1:30 then often 5 mg Dexi at 5 pm. I've been cutting back my Dexi dose but my evenings have been bad -- I'm angry, irritable, headachy, un-coordinated and generally somebody that nobody wants to be around. When I take my full Dexi dose, life is so much easier for everyone.
> I can get my pdoc to fax an Rx anywhere. I have Rx in-hand. Does anyone know where the drug IS?
> My only other option (that I can see) is to take a smaller dose of Vyvanse at 1:30. I do that occasionally when I don't get home until 9:30, but I'd sure rather not do that every day -- despite obvious negative side-effects of going without, some days my body tells me I NEED to have a lower dose. (And I have a strong feeling my insurance won't pay for "16 hours" of stims a day, even though for me it is closer to 12 hours)
> I've got about 8 days of Dexi left.
>
Availability of stimulants has been a problem for the last 8 months or so. You could certainly call other local pharmacies to see if anyone`s got it. Or, you could call your mail order 90-day pharmacy - they may have it.I do know it`s been available in the Denver area, but I don`t think these scripts can be filled across state lines due to DEA rrgulations..
Posted by Christ_empowered on April 8, 2012, at 21:35:59
In reply to Re: Help! Dexi Apr 2012 -- WHERE CAN I GET SOME?? » leslieg, posted by Solstice on April 4, 2012, at 8:17:29
If its a dexedrine-specific problem, could you go for adderall? 2 vyvanses AM and generic adderall later? The adderall is finally back in pharmacies around here (I'm in the south).
I hope you can work something out.
Posted by leslieg on April 8, 2012, at 22:13:39
In reply to Re: Help! Dexi Apr 2012 -- WHERE CAN I GET SOME??, posted by Christ_empowered on April 8, 2012, at 21:35:59
> If its a dexedrine-specific problem, could you go for adderall? 2 vyvanses AM and generic adderall later? The adderall is finally back in pharmacies around here (I'm in the south).
>
> I hope you can work something out.I've found that pharm employees who can't read their computers are ... well, lets just say I had my hopes up, spent time and gas and discovered that no, that store hasn't had any in a while. Sigh.
I guess I was hoping for someone to have a mail-order pharmacy they'd had luck with recently. (Mine hadn't even bothered to notify me they couldn't fill the Rx, they just sent me the script back 2+ weeks after I'd sent it to them!)
To me, Adderall is not at all the same as Vyvanse / Dexi. It gave me anxiety beyond anxiety with can't live in my skin feelings. I couldn't last on it for 2 days (or maybe I made it to 4).
I've pretty much decided that if I can't find any Dexi tomorrow that I will ask for a lower dose of Vyvanse to use for the 2nd half of the day (maybe 40 mg instead of 60 -- I haven't checked to see what dosages are made, much less available.)
I live in Texas and one pharm employee told me that Ritalin is starting to come in more regularly. (Oddly, one large chain had maybe 11 pills of the name brand in all the stores in the area, but most of the stores had generic. We still had to settle for a 15-day supply for my son.)
I know this is bordering on being OT, but what sorts of drugs were the pharm companies on when they placed their orders for the basic amphetamines? Most Americans can tell you that ADHD meds are being prescribed in ever-increasing number and amount. How can they have mis-estimated THIS badly? And if the internet says Dexi is the one that will take the longest to return to market and that return should be in "mid 2012", when is "mid 2012"? I'm really afraid it is going to be August or later. ... I wish there was some sort of priority system. Don't get me wrong, I have a now-grown son who had severe ADHD and life was horrible when he wasn't medicated. But I am a mother with narcolepsy and I can't drive (or cook with a knife) if I don't have my meds. ... OK, done venting for now.
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