I am wondering the same thing. Interesting about your story with Adderall. I take that med, and last couple of times the pharmacy was "out". What is this? How can they just be out? What am I going to do when I take a med that might give me withdrawal symptoms if I stop it suddenly? The pharmacist told me that I should ask my pdoc for a script for 10 mg instead of the 20 mg I take..and double up. Well, I'm sure that will "double up" my costs as well. He said it was the manufacturer's problem..and the start of a school year with lots of kiddies going on meds. I think that is not the issue. If that were the case, the manufacturer would know to have increased supplies on hand. Maybe there is another drug coming down the pike and the drug companies are weeding out the old meds to force us to buy the new one. I still can't believe that a pharmacy can just be out of a med. Do they ever run out of diabetes meds? Or hypertension or cholesterol meds? I think someone is messing with mental health meds.
I take Saphris, a new anti-psychotic. It is outrageously expensive. Thank God for my pdoc and samples. However, it works well for me so I have to scrape up the money. I buy my meds on-line to help with the costs. Canada is a lot cheaper.