Drugmaker Barr Laboratories has recalled one lot of generic Adderall tablets, saying the drugs may be too potent. Side effects from taking the overly-potent tablet may include racing heartbeat, panic, restlessness, headache, and euphoria. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the oval, peach-colored tablet of dextroamphetamine saccharate, amphetamine aspartate, dextroamphetamine sulfate, and amphetamine sulfate bears the lot number 311756, and is embossed with "b/973" on one side and "2/0"...
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