> “Logistically, it’s been a nightmare for patients and providers,” Hamdani said. ”[Stimulant medications] are so highly controlled, you can’t just transfer it

> “Logistically, it’s been a nightmare for patients and providers,” Hamdani said. ”[Stimulant medications] are so highly controlled, you can’t just transfer it [to a different pharmacy]. You have to cancel a script. You have to then go find another pharmacy that has it. By that time, it might not be filled because other people have filled it there. It’s a lot of logistical shifting and work on that front. And that’s extremely frustrating for the patient.” My wife has ADHD and this has indeed been incredibly frustrating. The hurdles you have to jump through are ridiculous. Her last refill, she called ahead to make sure they had stock, then showed up, but it was 30 days after she had filled the last prescription, and their rule was actually you have to wait 30 days from when you picked up, not from when it was filled, even though that is the date on the bottle. Then, of course, the next day they're out, but like it says, you can't just transfer it to another store. You need to cancel, go back to your provider, and they have to send the prescription to another store. One trick that helped her is to avoid rich neighborhoods. Unfortunately, that means she needs to go further, but pharmacies in poor neighborhoods are very rarely out of Adderall. It's overwhelmingly rich people being diagnosed and treated. You also can't fill out of state, so we have to plan travel around making sure she can get a refill before we go, and when she used to have to travel for work, I'd need to pick up refills for her and mail them to her hotel.