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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Now I’m not an expert. I also experienced the shortage, and switching to a mom and pop pharmacy also consistently has it in stock.

From the little searching I did I thought I saw something about since it’s a controlled substance pharmacies are allotted a certain amount. By nature of the big pharmacies having lots of customers fighting over the limited supply, smaller pharmacies have less customers competing for the allotment.

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