Is there an Adderall shortage in the US right now?
The FDA drug shortage list via openFDA resolves Adderall to its four amphetamine salts and returns every presentation on it: status (Current or Resolved), availability, shortage_reason, the manufacturer (company_name), estimated availability and posting and update dates. total_records and by_status tell you at a glance whether a shortage is current.
Tool input
{
"drug": "Adderall",
"mode": "shortages",
"maxItems": 10
}
Ask it from an AI agent (MCP)
Add the Apify MCP server with this tool to your MCP client (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, ...); it signs you in with OAuth or Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_TOKEN>.
https://mcp.apify.com?tools=bosco_labs/drug-safety
Then ask:
Use the bosco_labs/drug-safety tool to answer: Is there an Adderall shortage in the US right now?
Call the Apify API
Runs the Actor and returns the rows in one request, billed to your Apify account ($0.02 per dossier or $0.004 per single-section query).
curl https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/bosco_labs~drug-safety/run-sync-get-dataset-items \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $APIFY_TOKEN" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"drug": "Adderall", "mode": "shortages", "maxItems": 10}'
Call the Bosco Labs HTTP API
Bosco Labs HTTP API (beta): same input and rows, $0.004 per sub-query; a full dossier = 5 units ($0.02); partial answers are free from prepaid credits. Get a key with a $0.50 free trial, or send the same call without a key and pay per call in USDC via x402 (no account).
curl https://api.boscolabs.dev/v1/drug-safety \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $BOSCO_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"drug": "Adderall", "mode": "shortages", "maxItems": 10}'
Example output
Snapshot taken 2026-11-06, source links in each row. First 1 of 1 rows (snapshot runs stop at 5 rows); long values shortened.
[
{
"query": "Adderall",
"mode": "shortages",
"drug": {
"generic_name": "DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SACCHARATE, AMPHETAMINE ASPARTATE, DEXTROAMPHETAMINE SULFATE, AND AMPHETAMINE SULFATE",
"matched_as": "brand",
"search_term": "dextroamphetamine saccharate, amphetamine aspartate, dextroamphetamine sulfate, and amphetamine sulfate",
"fda_labels_matching": 2
},
"label": null,
"adverse_events": null,
"recalls": null,
"...": "9 more fields"
}
]