Definitely! I would call around to see if any other pharmacies have it, you would likely just need to have a brand new script written and sent over by your Dr which could also require a new authorization from insurance

Nah. I just need to pretend I have Covid and get 5 days off from work

So I didn’t put it in there, but I actually work in insurance! My plan is through my employer, and nothing on the plan itself had changed. They didn’t change the tier of the medication or anything. Basically the only thing that changed was the pharmacy benefit manager went from ExpressScripts to CVS Caremark, they also told me their “formulary changed” but they could not (or would not) give me any more information than that. The shortage would make sense, but it’s not the regular one that increased it was the XR, so I’m like totally lost lol.

You’ll never know, because you ain’t invited

I wonder if the Adderall shortage had anything to do with it. It's not uncommon for prices or copays to change with new plans, new year etc. It could be something negotiated by your employer for the plan for the upcoming year, if your insurance is employer based.

Thank you for the tip! I live in Boston…..I may try switching pharmacies.

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Idk where in MA you are, but I typically don’t have any problems filling the XR at Walgreens on S Broadway in Lawrence! the regular release had been a pain up until recently though. 🙄

I disagree respectfully. The 800 pound gorilla in the room is the short-term rental market and work from home people. Nobody ever talks about how much of the inventory that used to be up for year-round renters has been gobbled up by want to be hotel entrepreneurs. How many people own more than one house just in Massachusetts alone? I personally have an aunt and uncle who have no less than three properties up in Quincy Mass and they've owned them for years. In my aunt and uncle are working class people who just found shitty buildings and fix them up and rented them out when the getting was good. How many other Boomers have done the same? Thousands and thousands. It's not lack of supply it's the fact that people are hoarding and holding on to real estate for dear life.

I’ve been waiting for that very same RX since December 26! Every CVS I’ve called has been out of stock. I’m wondering if I’ll run into the same issue since I also have blue cross

I use Shell rewards, paid $2.81/Gallon few days ago. If people were to use these reward programs they’d save money a lot easier!

Has anybody blamed Biden?

... I blame Biden

It went from just under $30 to just under $60, the regular release I'm on as well increased slightly (around $1), which is why this is making no sense to me. I did find coupons but in MA you can't use them instead of insurance

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Sachs Realty has been saying housing prices are going to go down every month for almost a year now

How much more is it? Back when I had to purchase Adderall with cash because I didn’t have insurance AAA made the $90 prescription only $30 at chain pharmacies. CVS told me a lady got her $900 dog medication down to $90 with AAA.

I have Medicare so mine is only $3.50.

My house (in Massachusetts) hasn’t doubled in the last 5 years. Maybe you should look in a different town?

This is completely over the top and contributing to the mass hysteria

The point for most people is to call into work and say I tested myself and I’m positive and get a 5 day vacation no questions asked. But I agree, if she’s unemployed, what’s the point?

This is an outlier example though of a high-end second home community. In my town, which admittedly is less desirable, home values peaked 6+ months ago. At this point, they're at most 10 - 15% over 2018 prices. That's still a lot but it's at pace with overall inflation. And we very clearly haven't hit the bottom yet, as anything that isn't in pristine condition is sitting with multiple price drops.

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I don’t need to think anything. I’ve lived here for 14 years and cannot wait to leave. That is simply my experience and my opinion.

Same time line for me - Zillow says we are down 1%, Redfin says up 2%

We bought our 3 bedroom, 1 bath, small lot, 1920's house in late 2000. For under 100k. Current value is just under 300k. I mean we've made some large updates. New roof, Electric brought up to modern code. But there's no way in hell we could do it now.

>So many selfish old people ruining this planet

I hate this, but more and more I'm feeling it's true. Luckily we bought a house in 2017. We paid about 350k, and is probably work about 550K, based on recent sales. I think that's insane!

I was talking with an older co worker and she was dumbfounded why I was dismayed by this. I don't want houses to be unaffordable for people, even though I already have one. Their "I got mine, so screw everyone else" attitude drives me nuts.