Thanks to the DEA’s massive overreach, for the third time in 5 or so months I’ve had to call a pharmacy outside my area to get my Concerta. My regular pharmacy gave me what they had, which I’m grateful for, but that left me short 7 pills. I then had to:
-Find a pharmacy that had the medicine I needed in the proper dose
-Call my doctor to have him send a new prescription over to that pharmacy since you’re not allowed to just show them your current one
-Drive about 15-20 minutes to get there
-Wait in line, give them my driver’s license (which I don’t have to do at my normal pharmacy) and sign a bunch of shit before finally leaving with it.
I’m just tired of this song and dance. Concerta works best for me though and isn’t too expensive with a coupon. I just want the DEA to stop micromanaging ADHD meds. I understand some oversight is needed but they go way overboard. Feel free to vent your frustration here as well.
In all of my research I have found no instances of someone who abused ADHD meds who didn’t generally abuse drugs and alcohol and I’ve never heard of anyone who didn’t have a drug problem until they abused ADHD meds. At best this is gross ignorance and at worst it’s a direct persecution of our community.
I’m sorry for possibly misunderstanding you (forgive me as it’s been a long day) but who are you saying is ignorant? The people who put these onerous restrictions on the medication?
Honestly I don’t recall the specific organization, but I’ve read that the ADHD med shortage is fully intentional. I think it’s the DEA, but there have recently been deliberate restrictions put into place ostensibly because of potential abuse of ADHD meds. Most of those I think who are “abusing” ADHD meds are actually undiagnosed and self-medicating, but I can’t prove that. Personally I don’t give a **** whether someone who doesn’t need them screws around with them or not. I still need them.