r/ADHD • u/Space-Useful • 1d ago

Seeking Empathy My medication went from $31 to $130.

I'm really frustrated right now and I would like to know if anybody has experienced sonthing similar. So I'm on Methylphenidate and I would pick it up from my local walmart for $31 dollars. Starting this month, it randomly shot up to $130. I called my insurance, they said it was somthing up with walmart. Talked to my walmart pharmacist and she said that nothing has changed with walmart in terms of a manufacturing change and no changes to my prescription has been made.

I had to bite the bullet and pay to get the medication (I'm afraid of abruptly stopping it). I plan in calling my insurance again but this is just very upsetting.

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u/ScreenFantastic4009 1d ago

Not for the generic Vyvanse. At least in the USA, in my own personal experience. Do your own research on this of course, but to keep the rant short, supply and demand. I did hear word that pharmaceutical companies (dyslexia is getting me on the L word that spell check can't fix, this is why you double check people on the Internet) are pushing for tariffs on prescriptions.

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u/Bitter-Breath-9743 1d ago

Because generic vyvanse is still fairly new. It’s all a crock

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u/Dexterdacerealkilla 1d ago

That’s not the only reason why. Dextroamphetamine, a 100 year old drug can also be very expensive for generic medicine. 

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u/Bitter-Breath-9743 1d ago

Yes, and that is not lisdex…. The pro drug.