A Patient’s Guide to Overcoming ADHD Medication Disruptions

Your pharmacy has stopped carrying your prescription. Or your insurance won’t cover the extended release formulation you want. Or your child can’t swallow his pills. ADHD medication disruptions like these are frustrating and potentially catastrophic to care. Here, two ADHD doctors offer solutions for vaulting pharmaceutical hurdles.

hephzibah_75

February 7, 2020 at 6:38 pm

Unfortunately my Dr had to reschedule my apt for the day my medication ran out. My pharm was out of Vyvanse 40mg. They discovered that another store in the same chain had it in stock. However, because it is controlled substance my provider would have had to send in a new prescription for the same pharmacy at the other location. It is difficult to talk with my Dr. or get a hold of her at the big conglomerate she works for so I called them twice but am SOL because no one called the pharmacy. I now need to wait until Weds morning (it will arrive tuesday afternoon) to take my meds-4 days without. I went without a weeks worth due to pharmacy error in mid January then the company that sent my Deplin (which helps me break down the meds) messed up. I was just starting to feel normal again.