During a medication shortage, how do some pharmacies have a consistent supply and others are on back order for months?

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The adderall shortage has hit me hard over the last year, but I finally found a pharmacy that is able to fill my script every month. I occasionally try other pharmacies closer to me and they tell me they are still in back order for months. The one that has it consistently is a super small mom-and-pop shop and even major pharmacies like CVS have been out for ages. How do some pharmacies get it all the time and others don’t?

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Some of the large chain pharmacies keep minimal stock on hand. One by me gets some stuff in almost everyday. The small mom and pop type pharmacy gets what they expect to sell in two weeks at once. Common medication they get large bottles of 1000 or more while the chain store may get 200-300 size bottles everyday. Once they are out they can’t get it delivered but the store with 1000 of them may only sell to 10-20 people and have supply for longer.

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