Teva, for its part, says it's working to meet the historic demand. And she says it's frustrating that the FDA can't force the companies to explain. LUPKIN: She says the companies are secretive about the details. And DEA says they're getting their information from the companies. But DEA says that the companies haven't used all of their quota, and they're not going to increase it.
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So, you know, a lot of the companies tell us that the reason they can't have full availability is because of DEA quotas. I asked Erin Fox, a nationally recognized expert on drug shortages - what's going on?ĮRIN FOX: There's a lot of finger-pointing. It's classified as a controlled substance by the Drug Enforcement Administration, which limits the amount of raw ingredients companies can get to manufacture Adderall. Some manufacturers say they're having problems getting a key ingredient. Many makers of the drug have told the Food and Drug Administration they've been unable to keep up with the demand. It makes generic and brand-name Adderall. LUPKIN: The Adderall shortage started as a production issue at Teva, one of the world's largest drug makers.
The teachers immediately noticed that he was off of it. YIARAS: The minute we ran out of it, he was back to, you know, getting in trouble every day, getting up out of his seat. She went down a list of pharmacies and asked her mom to make calls too.
LUPKIN: Then she went to the pharmacy to refill his prescription, but the medicine was out of stock. So he was super excited because he wasn't the trouble kid anymore. KRISTINA YIARAS: He was getting - you know, finally able to get, like, smiley faces coming home and all of that. But when her 8-year-old started taking Adderall, she couldn't deny that his ADHD symptoms got better right away. SYDNEY LUPKIN, BYLINE: Kristina Yiaras is the kind of mom who's hesitant to let her kids take too many medications. NPR's Sydney Lupkin reports the shortfall's having a serious impact on patients and the people around them. That's a drug that treats attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Both the branded and generic versions of Adderall have been in short supply since October.
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