I’m a pharmacy tech in Chicago, and we do get some in little by little now and again, but it’s on backorder nationwide. Pharmacies are manually changing their on-hand quantity to zero so other pharmacies in their chain can see that they have some in stock.
Your doctor can usually subsitute Basaglar instead of Lantus, or you can use the manually-injected vial formula with a syringe (for now it appears we can still get it). We don’t know if this is due to a manufacturer issue or a trade dispute.
There are A LOT of drugs on backorder, and because the DEA is pressuring drug companies not to make controlled substances, cancer patients and patients with nerve damage can’t get painkillers in a timely manner. All extended-release stimulants are on backorder (it’s been probably eight months), along with almost all oral morphine, some fentanyl, and extended release hydrocodone and oxycodone.
If you can’t get your insulin and have a hospital nearby with an outpatient pharmacy, they get first dibs from drug suppliers. Try calling and asking if they have some to spare and to reach out to your pharmacy for a transfer. The same applies to controlled substances, but doc will have to send a new RX. Those cannot be transferred betweem competitors.
I typo’ed a whole lot, but you get the idea.
How about Aspirin? America no longer even manufactures Aspirin. Everything is pretty much made overseas, including precursors?
FDA working against the administration?
Could it be that the GLP-1 craze has Big Pharma shifting production?
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Gotta keep that tac going…