Drug shortages worsen at hospitals nationwide as doctors struggle to find solutions
According to a new FDA report, there are 116 drug shortages nationwide as of this week, including a critical cancer medication for children and a blood thinner that’s crucial for cardiac surgery. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill held a hearing this week looking into one cause: dependence on foreign production.
When drug companies are not mandated to produce drugs within our borders, the countries they do business with can use these products as ransom. This is just a sampling of things to come.
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One of our local news stations mentioned this a week or so ago. A local child's life is at risk due to a shortage of the drug used to treat her leukemia.
We need to bring pharmaceutical manufacturing back to our shores.
Just another symptom of our irreparably broken health care system. Time for a complete overhaul.
the joys of globalism... lol
Funny that there is no shortage of various narcotic pain pills.
Good point Ender.
Oxycontin is manufactured by Purdue Pharma a privately held company and there isn't any shortage of it.
They declared bankruptcy this year a large part of the judgements against them.
It would be interesting to know where this drug is manufactured.
I believe that our government has to go well beyond that the ''shortages are caused by overseas manufacturing''. If there are no shortage of specific drugs why are there shortages of others if all are manufactured overseas?
More profit in the drugs that are available?
Always follow the money.
With Perdue essentially history, the black market for oxy will skyrocket.