Lannett announced that it has begun marketing a generic version of
Adderall, an immediate-release, or IR, mixed salt of a single entity Amphetamine tablet product, with strengths of 5 mg, 7.5 mg, 10 mg, 12.5 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg and 30 mg tablets.
Lannett Company Inc (NYSE: LCI), a company that develops, manufactures, packages, markets and distributes generic pharmaceutical products, has signed a contract with Elite Pharmaceuticals and SunGen Pharma to be the exclusive United States distributor of a generic version of
Adderall, it was reported yesterday.
Pharmaceutical business Amerigen Pharmaceuticals Limited revealed on Thursday the receipt of approval from the US Food and Drug Administration for the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for the generic version of
Adderall XR in 5 mg, 10 mg, 15 mg, 20 mg, 25 mg and 30 mg.
When Eben Britton received a prescription for
Adderall along with a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the former NFL player's wife says in the Netflix documentary Take Your Pills, she believed he had "a medical issue that was being treated." But when she and her friends used
Adderall as a study aid in college, "I looked at it basically as abuse."
Many speculate that eSports are using the drugs -- mainly central nervous system stimulants such as
Adderall and Ritalin, commonly prescribed for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Ritalin and its newer American cousin
Adderall are more troublesome because they can be addictive and give users a feeling of power and euphoria, as well as increased alertness.3
Adderall, an illegal class B drug, is an amphetamine.
The newly approved agent is bioequivalent to
Adderall XR, and patients taking
Adderall can be switched to the new drug.
"In the case of performance-enhancing drugs such as
Adderall, players must provide an official doctor's note confirming prescription of the drug, or they will be disqualified and potentially banned from competing in future events."
The move comes after a prominent gamer, Kory Friesen, admitted to using ADHD drug
Adderall during a competition in March.