US drug shortages hit all-time high, pharmacists warn

Drug shortages in the U.S. are at an all-time high, and some of the medications in short supply are life-saving chemotherapy drugs and emergency medications stored in hospitals, pharmacists warn.

The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) and Utah Drug Information Service reported that there were 323 active drug shortages in the first quarter of the year, marking the most shortages since they have been tracking the data since 2001.

It surpassed the previous record of 320 shortages in 2014, according to the data.

While ASHP CEO Paul Abramowitz warned that all drug classes are vulnerable to drug shortages, he said that "some of the most worrying shortages involve generic sterile injectable medications, including cancer chemotherapy drugs and emergency medications stored in hospital crash carts and procedural areas."

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US drug shortages hit all-time high, pharmacists warn

Pharmacists warned in a recent report that drug shortages in the U.S. have hit an all-time high. Some of these are critical life-saving medications such as cancer treatments.

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[Ghoti Ichthus]

FDA drug shortage database (searchable)

Drug Shortages | FDA

The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that products that emit radiation.

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[Tall Timbers]

This is the sort of thing that's gonna happen when you outsource all of your drug supply to a country considered an enemy. Kind of foolish. Most manufacturing was outsourced from the USA due to tax policy that was over-burdensome to corporations. It was a natural thing for corporations to move manufacturing offshore to offset the burdensome tax policy of the USA towards corporations.

So, as with most problems, we can blame our govmint, our very foolish govmint.

 

[Ghoti Ichthus]

This is the sort of thing that's gonna happen when you outsource all of your drug supply to a country considered an enemy. Kind of foolish. Most manufacturing was outsourced from the USA due to tax policy that was over-burdensome to corporations. It was a natural thing for corporations to move manufacturing offshore to offset the burdensome tax policy of the USA towards corporations.

So, as with most problems, we can blame our govmint, our very foolish govmint.

Fortunately, President Trump took steps to reverse at least part of it.

I'm so thankful the VA force-fed me a 90-day supply of all my meds at the beginning of covid with instructions to rotate it and continue to reorder as usual, so I was 90-180 days out, as a supply chain issue did affect at least one thing I take, and I would have been out without the additional on-hand.

JESUS!!!

 

[Bethlehem57]

FDA drug shortage database (searchable)

Drug Shortages | FDA

The FDA is responsible for protecting the public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of human and veterinary drugs, biological products, and medical devices; and by ensuring the safety of our nation's food supply, cosmetics, and products that products that emit radiation.

www.accessdata.fda.gov

Thanks Ghoti!