I have been on generic Adderall since 2017. The mfr, was Teva. My pharmacy changed their supplier to Camber, (without telling me). I asked the pharmacist about it because I noticed a Hugh change in my symptoms. It was like I wasn’t taking anything, my attitude has changed, I can’t get things done, I feel like I’m having meltdowns because I can’t get my stuff done. Depression is getting worse. Feeling very angry for no reason. It’s like my life went back to the way it was before Adderall. He told me it’s a price war on Adderall at the moment and he couldn’t change it because of corporate but that he did have others complaining about it too. I also noticed the name change on this, I am not taking the salts version, and when I asked my doctor about it, she says that she doesn’t have any way to change it. Does this sound correct to anyone else? I’m seriously seeing a big difference, enough that I’m having to take 3 pills a day, every day now(per my doctor, was taking 2 per every other day,) with little change in my attention/ symptoms. I don’t want more pills, just the one that worked for me. Any suggestions on this would be helpful.
Has anyone taken the generic medication Adderall, made by Camber?
Question posted by Dkrose50 on 5 May 2022
Last updated on 9 January 2023
14 Answers
I did some research & Camber just started making generic Adderall in January 2022. This is a direct quote from Camber’s website:
“Camber Pharmaceuticals is a fully integrated international pharmaceutical company that maintains quality and integrity in all its products. Its parent company, Hetero Drugs of Hyderabad India, is one of the world’s leading API and finished dosage manufacturers.”
So it IS manufactured in India, & the FDA doesn’t regulate the potency of generic drugs overseas. Usually, the potency only has to be 20% at a MINIMUM per overseas guidelines (not laws, just guidelines).
Now, with the severe Adderall shortage, many are forced to take overseas generics so they don’t go into withdrawal. Thanks to the DEA’s ridiculous quota limits on controlled substances, that’s why we are in this mess, it’s not the US manufacturers’ fault. They’re limited by the DEA in what CII drugs they’re able to produce.
First the DEA went after safe & regulated Rx opioids, decreasing the amount made by manufacturers almost 75% the last 7 years (which has done nothing to stem ODs, they’ve skyrocketed because it’s always been illicit drugs driving the crisis, not prescriptions, contrary to what shows like Dopesick would have you believe), & now they’re after stimulants & benzos.
We are in trouble and the shortages are only going to get worse.
I have been taking Adderall for years. The pharmacy only had the Camber . This medicine is toxic!!! The Camber Brand caused me to get very nauseous, severe headache, blurred eyes, tachycardia, anxiety, very fatigued, unable to focus at all. This Mfr Camber is so toxic I became a total different person. I even tried a lower dose still had the same side effects. This medication needs to be recalled. I was taking the mfr Zydus and didn't have any side effects. Does anyone know where I can get this or have any suggestions?
As of right now, adderall is on a stand still. BIG shortage throughout America. They (FDA, doctors ..etc) are also (from my understanding) starting to look at the length of time folks have been on it, as to whether or not they think a person should be on it. It’s an adderall crisis. Too many people are on it. I only know about this because I work with individuals who take this medication, along with others, and they are not getting their medication at the moment. Each state will be determining their own criteria. Keep a close watch on all of your medications now. Most are coming from other countries. I honestly think generic adderall is in a bidding war, hence why there’s a shortage. If your medication is giving you these side affects, please talk with your doctor about it, they need to know. If it’s that particular brand then something needs to be done.
BUT sadly most doctors don’t know which brands are used (most doctors don’t have a clue about the manufacturer, it’s just the name of the medication for them). Unfortunately, you’ll have to call around to see who has that brand, don’t be surprised if they ask for a reason why you can’t take it, and they say maybe it’s just you, because nobody else has said anything about this particular brand. They won’t recall it if no one comes forward. I’ve had the same experience. I hope you find the one that works best for you, and soon. Good luck to you.
craziness ive gotten for 3 months straight different generics they are all VERY DIFFERENT
I feel for you, I can only find the Camber ,It's very toxic. I've called many pharmacy. I'm trying to find the Zydus . I didn't have any problems with it.
I too have kmgotten less effective results with Camber vs Teva 20mg. Walgreens pharmacies insists the dosages are the same but I don't feel it. They tried to switch me once before, but switched me back to Teva when I complained. Recently Walgreens again switched me to Camber without notice, but they said they had no choice, because they couldn't buy Teva. Based on personal use, I do not believe the two meds have equal amounts of the main ingredient. I will not accept the Camber pills again.
They are not the same you are correct. The Camber is toxic. This medicine caused me to become very nauseous, tachycardia, blurred eyes, severe anxiety, extremely fatigued and unable to focus at all. My insurance company approved the brand name but it's going to cost $259.00 that's with my insurance paying half.
After 20 years of adderall, (with various manufacturers) I was given this type of adderall to take. It was horrible. Symptoms were 10 times worse, I felt like I wanted to jump around from task to task, getting nothing done, and honestly just feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. I DO NOT RECOMMEND.
I don't know if you are taking the IR or the XR pill. I take 30mg XR once a day, I been on it for 2 years. I started with Mallincrodt brand, then Walgreens switched to Camber brand for a month, and now it's been Teva for awhile now. I noticed the camber one was stronger it seemed. Made me focus a lot more, at first it made me tweaky a little for the first hour or so then I felt fine all day just more focused. After about a week the tweaky feeling went away. I had no issues with stomach pains, or mood swings or anything like that. I actually been calling around different pharmacies to see if they have the camber brand.
I have taken several Generic brands of Adderall off and on for twenty years. You are correct, Camber Adderall is the least effective. Actually not effective at all. I now have the same symptoms, like I wasn't taking anything. As of last month Camber Adderall was the only Generic in five Pharmacy's in my area. I'll talk to my Doctor later this month.
You are correct the Camber Adderall it's not the same and side effects are very toxic!!!
I have taken the Camber version and have noticed the difference just like everyone else. Does anyone know what pharmacy has the Teva brand? Walgreens supplies the Camber brand.
I filed a complaint with the FDA. Camber was worse than ineffective. My doctor was kind enough to go through the hassle of letting me refill early with TEVA and said that he’s getting a lot of complaints about Camber. Camber made me feel sad and more distracted than I am without meds. I couldn’t take it.
How did you go about getting an early refill for your RX and how early?? I am unfortunately stuck in the same situation and I feel as if I am going to get fired from my career if I don't get TEVA again asap.
I know how you feel, I can only find the Camber Adderall too. Camber is very toxic it caused me to have severe nausea, severe headaches, extremely fatigued, tachycardia, blurred vision, anxiety which I have never. I became very depressed, unable to focus at all. I was on the Zydus Adderall and didn't have any problems. I have called many pharmacy and they only have Camber and Lannett. Has anyone tried the Lannett generic for Adderall?
I'm having the same problem. Adderall was a life saver for me. The medication I was taking for years (for depression and anxiety) stopped working. I experimented for a long time with so many meds looking for a substitute that worked well, and nothing did until my doctor suggested Adderall. I was so happy to have found one medication that effectively treated so many symptoms. Then my pharmacy started filling my prescription with a brand other than Teva. I noticed immediately. It doesn't even seem like the same medication. It just doesn't work. And now my pharmacy is always out of Teva brand. You can wait 2 weeks and still not get it. In fact, all of the pharmacies in the area have a Teva shortage. I guess I'm going to have to start experimenting again. It's really frustrating. Why create a medication if you can't produce enough to make it available to people who need it? It's all about money and politics and sick people get lost in the shuffle.
I had asked the pharmacist for the Teva brand and he told me that they don’t have that brand anymore. I noticed that my attention span was off, way off. After some of the comments from the pharmacist, my age, being immune to the medication, ALWAYS being asked Why I was taking 2 different mg, I said enough is enough!!! I removed all of my medication and found another pharmacy that had Teva, now I’m not taking the 20mg, only the 10mg. I’m good now, sad that I had to go through all this stuff though. I hope you find a good safe way to replace this medication until you get the adderall back.
Have your doc request Teva in the notes when she sends in the script, any decent pharma will order it, especially if you are not in an area with options.
I am not sure what the "salts" version is (thought the ingredients for adderall /generic, amph/dext, are technically salts?). Personally, I take the instant release (IR) tabs 20mg version, my pharm gave me a bottle last month with "Cam" on it, was told that was Camber. It was easily the best generic I have had in the past decade or so. No "speedy" side effects and it just works. Not like the sugar pill ones I have had in the past either, I can recognize the cycles fading off to signal its time for the next dose while working - didnt even have to set an alarm for it toward the end of the month.
There were no physiological effects I had with Tev : tension, anxiety amplifier on very stressful days, compulsive skin-picking. And Tev was the one I have been requesting because the others are so much worse.
Maybe look to changing to IR tabs from extended pills, if you are taking 2 every other day I am guessing you are on the extended release XR? (still odd considering the half life of 10 hours, unless it is being used off label for something other than ADHD?) I had all kinds of issues with XR and the switch to IR made life better. Also, if you have depression, I have read Strattera is a much better ADHD med for those also dealing with that as well
Hey….
Thanks for your reply, very helpful. No I’m not on the extended release. Just the normal generic adderall. I am only taking it for ADHD. I can’t take Strattera, makes me have really bad thoughts, suicidal thoughts! No kind of antidepressants! I changed pharmacies, I actually got the brand that I was on before that really worked for me, yay me, (if I have to take it). I only take one pill a day now, even better! I just didn’t get the same affect with that one as I do with this one. I had to take 2 pills to get the affect of one pill. It was crazy!!!
Thanks for your input!
I take generic Adderall IR.
Walgreens has always given me
Teva.
I have tried many, if not all Adderall generics, and I can say this cogently:
Something is profoundly wrong with Adderall IR manufactured by Camber Pharmaceuticals.
I submitted a complaint to the FDA which you can also complete on their page to report a medication and I encourage everyone who has experienced this generic who has Experienced similar lack of efficacy to -please- take the time to fill out the report page on fda.gov.
It only takes about 10 minutes!
I know you think you’re only one person but it still matters
When I took my 30MG Camber Adderall, within 10 minutes I fell asleep.
I don’t know what more I can see than that!
Something is very wrong with Camber Adderall.
Are you using it for ADHD or narcolepsy? If for narcolepsy I can see the problem, but if for ADHD a lesser known side effect of Adderall is sleepiness. My guess is because it quiets the mind-noise to finally get some peace. (for me anyway)
The name brand Adderall XR use to knock me out 1.5 hours after taking it in the morning for the best 3+ hours of sleep in my life. I had to change because that was not workable. But I still get a ~20minute window once the first IR tab (of any brand) starts kicking in that I have to make myself stay awake - I sometimes use it as a sleep aid. I sleep so much better on Adderall. Sleep effect was (is?) not commonly known, at least at that time, to the point where my Doc/Nurse/Pharmacist make me go though extra extensive questioning that made me feel like I was being accused of being addict for letting them know the problem - all good w/ them now though. Honestly, if the new one put you to sleep, it could be that it is actually working better for you and takes time to adjust and get use to not feeling the speediness of the others.
I filed a complaint, and yes I agree, there’s something wrong with that brand. It’s like you’re not taking anything at all. I don’t have sleep problems anymore, thank goodness!!
I was told by the pharmacist that this generic is made in India. I’m not sure if they are truly regulated by the FDA. Hopefully they will look into this particular company.
Thanks I will report my side effects to the FDA. Camber is very toxic to me. Camber caused me to have severe nausea, tachycardia, extremely fatigued, very depressed, blurred eyes, severe headaches, terrible anxiety which I have never had. I was unable to focus at all. I couldn't even do my job and I work in the medical field.
Same exact thing happened to me. I never thought to ask what generic brand it was for Adderall 30mg. At first I did not take noticed the shape and taste was different because I had been out of the med for a day and was having withdrawal symptoms. When I did I happened to have a doctors appointment. In the past he is aware how I have issues with other generic brands. Since prescriptions are sent electronically, he suggested he written a script out so I could i can inquire what generic is stocked and may need to shop around. Which makes one feel like a criminal. Turns out the following time to refill Walgreens was back ordered for days ( did not bother to ask what’s coming in because I needed to get this med filled. I work nights on weekends so I found Savon pharmacy had generic Adderall 3mg in stock.
In already knew from the past they carry an awful generic but it was Sunday and I needed something for the fibromyalgia pain I do have in the morning and most generics will take the edge off. This generic was worse than the Camber. I believe it is from Northstar. I take 3 30mg /day and felt nothing. Thinking I must have missed a dose I took a 4th ( not a good idea with high blood pressure) but some effect was there along with more bad symptoms. Dizziness, more depressed, falling asleep on a turnpike after work during AM traffic. Doctor sent an electronic script to Walgreens. Not sure what they have but of course it’s too early for insurance to pay. Script does state early refill. I plan to call the pharmacy and my health insurance. I’m the meantime I’m taking this generic because withdrawals are worse
When I was taking the Teva brand, I was good with taking 10mg twice a day and some days I didn’t need to take the second one. Now I have to take 30mg of this new generic. I was told that it’s made in India, seriously, no offense to anyone but clearly not the same ingredients. Why isn’t anyone else going through this? It’s not that my body is immune to this, I was fine until I noticed the brand, company who was making it had changed. The color of the pill, shape, taste even was different. One pharmacist says they had another complaint about this medication, but the other pharmacist says he’s never had any problems or complaints. How I found out about it coming from India was from the pharmacist. I’ve NEVER had a pharmacy not tell me in some form or fashion that it had changed. I guess they figured people like us wouldn’t notice. This is why I put this question on here, hoping someone would take notice.
I hope you are getting a better understanding about different types of generic medications. Please watch for medication changes. It could actually affect you differently as it is for me. Take care, thanks for your comments!
I’ve had the same experience and add to that an allergic reaction to the medication. I’m having a difficult time functioning as well. I read on another forum that there’s actually a law suit against Camber. I haven’t looked it up yet but will post when I do. You’re not alone! I’m going to call my insurance and see if I can get prescribed brand name which is Shire. They will sometimes allow this if there are issue. If that doesn’t work I’m going to figure out how I can get Teva prescribed consistently. The issue is that the pharmacies dont always have control over what they get. They can make requests bit there are no guarantees. This can derail a person who has ADD. Its made my life miserable for the past 2 weeks and actually scaring me because they are severe and happened so quickly.
Same here except I've stuck with Teva and they've changed something in the past decade. A 15mg pill will send me to the ER and I'm quite capable on 60-90mg of the good recipe. An absolute trainwreck compounded by the fact not a single medical professional knows what to do nor does the DEA or FDA. Teva just calls and repeats exactly what you report them. That's it. You'll never hear from them again until your next report. An absolute trainwreck that's been going on for far too many years.
I’m sorry to hear that you are feeling like this. I got really upset about the change in the medication, since I take it for ADHD. I have even been asked why I was taking it, because of my AGE!!! Every single time I get it filled, it’s flagged by the same person! I’m going to look into another pharmacy for this medication. When a person who is taking this can actually tell that it’s definitely not the same as before, they should really listen!! But of course they don’t!! I’m not supposed to be on 30 mg, it’s supposed to be 20mg a day, but because it’s not affective at 20mg, my doctor put me at 30mg. It’s like I have not taken anything 20mg.
I'm so sorry your having to go through this. I was taking the Camber Adderall it caused me to have sever nausea with vomiting, severe headaches, tachycardia, severe depression, blurred vision, horrible anxiety unable to focus at all. I used to take the Zydus brand Adderall. I've called many pharmacy and can't find the Zydus brand. I have been out for months. Does anyone have any suggestions?
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