Posted by laima on February 23, 2007, at 15:19:59
Maybe my burning question would be simpler if I rephrased it like this:Have any users of regular-length, ordinary Shire Adderall started using this new so-called "Barr Adderall"? This is supposedly Barr's "brand Adderall"- not to be confused with their generic "amphetamine salt" version of "adderall". And if so, are you finding it to be an identical product to Shire's, or not? I was ultimately very unhappy with Barr's generic, am I'm quite frightened that they'll screw up this med and I'll be near back to square one.
I found some stuff about the aquisition online, but still can't figure out who is in charge of manufacture now.
It sounds as if Barr took it over from Shire in December 2006.
"Barr Pharmaceuticals has completed its acquisition of Shire's ADHD drug Adderall for $63 million, after no objections were raised by the Federal Trade Commission."
more:
http://www.lifesciencesworld.com/news/view/9612
They may be snafuing with the XR version, too-trying to get around Shire's patent:
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