Posted on 02/12/2022 5:07:40 PM PST by dynachrome
Nationwide, more than 100 drugs are in short supply, including antibiotics, diuretics, opioids and heart failure medications, FDA data shows.
As of Jan. 11, 114 drugs were in shortage, according to the FDA's database of current and resolved drug shortages, which is updated daily. The current tally is a continuation of shortage levels seen last year. In November 2021, the FDA reported 112 drug shortages.
The most recent drug added to the FDA's shortage list was heparin sodium and sodium chloride 0.9 percent injection, an anticoagulant, on Jan. 7. Dexmedetomidine injection, a sedative used for patients on ventilators, was added Dec. 27, 2021.
(Excerpt) Read more at beckershospitalreview.com ...
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/drugshortages/default.cfm
We get much, if not most, of our pharmaceuticals or their basic ingredients, from China. As for the shortages, thanks Biden
India is a big manufacturer, also.
Is there any segment of our economy that has not suffered since Biden took office? It’s just one nightmare after another.
They just need to ration the drugs they have by Disallowing ALL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE’S access to them.
Yes, I think you are correct. What a deplorable situation, haa!
SO, if we get our country back and send ALL the illegals home, we get our medical, educational, rental, water, food stamp, CPS, border control, all kinds of government support, etc...we save all the way around!! BOOM, it’s done!
And, we bring industry back to USA. The fix is easy, just political and has to be addressed.
I think we need 6 more months of shutting down business and telling people to stay home!
We need 6 more months of handing out money to people staying home, businesses that shut their doors, massive government spending fighting a phantom.
Then we all need to act surprised when we have inflation, empty store shelves and shortages of this or that.
Puerto Rico used to be a big supplier of pharmaceuticals and apparel to the United States in the 1960’s ad 1970’s. There was a provision of the federal tax code allowing products produced in Puerto Rico from raw materials and components sourced in the United States, to be exempt from federal taxes. The purpose of the program was to increase economic development in Puerto Rico, provide jobs in Puerto Rico, and reduce the welfare burden on the US taxpayer given that Puerto Ricans receive federal social welfare benefits.
In the 1990’s, those special provisions in the tax code were removed and production also moved to China, India and other nations.
Amphetamine Aspartate; Amphetamine Sulfate; Dextroamphetamine Saccharate; Dextroamphetamine Sulfate Tablets
really...
If you are stuck cowering in your basement ‘because covid’, an amphetamine is the last thing you want. Maybe it’s for hollyweird.
Thanks for the list.
Isn’t globalism awesome???
I dunno how often they update.
In the 90s, eh? Under CCP-Clinton?
Yet, PR still votes Dem, right?
Looks like an ongoing problem....that Congress has done NOTHING about....hmmmm.....wonder why.
(Trump is the only one who's tried to fix this mess.)
U.S. officials worried about Chinese control of American drug supply
nbc ^ | SEP 12 20195:55 PM EDT | nbc
Posted on 2/23/2020, 1:25:24 AM by RomanSoldier19
The vast majority of key ingredients for drugs that many Americans rely on are manufactured abroad, mostly in China. Antibiotics, which turn life-threatening infections into minor nuisances, are considered the single biggest advance in modern medicine. A leading Chinese economist gave voice to the worst fears of U.S. policymakers in March, in a speech to an annual national congress.
The United States has become so dependent on Chinese imports, however, that the F.D.A. may not be able to do much about the Chinese refusal. The crucial ingredients for nearly all antibiotics, steroids and many other lifesaving drugs are now made exclusively in China.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/15/world/asia/medicines-made-in-india-set-off-safety-worries.html?ref=health&_r=2
7 Important medications running low in U.S. Hospitals
EmaxHealth ^ | 2013-11-02 11:10 | Tracy Woolrich
Posted on 11/2/2013, 12:28:41 PM by Armen Hareyan
These seven drugs are running short in US hospitals. What is the cause of the drug shortage when considering the power of the pharmaceutical industry. How can we get them back to the hospital shelves.
Drug shortages are nothing new, In fact, in 2011, there were 251 drug shortages reported by the FDA. 183 of those involved sterile injectable drugs. In 2012, there was less with only 117 new drug shortages, 84 of which involved sterile injectable drugs. Fortunately through early notifications from manufacturers the FDA has been able to prevent 282 shortages last year and numerous times this year as well. The 2012 Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, helped to reduce some of these shortages. Even then some very important and common medications have been running low or missing entirely in hospital shelves.
Hard to believe in this day and age that there could be shortages of medications used to fight infections, sedate you during procedures, regulate heart rates, and maintain glucose levels. Even diagnostic testing is being affected. These shortages make pharmacists and physicians rethink diagnostic testing and drug administration. Plans of care have had to be rewritten and cooperation between hospitals has been a necessity. Hospital CEOs have had to reach out to other hospitals and borrow needed pharmaceuticals.
Causes of drug shortage in hospitals
There are many reasons for shortages. In fact, EmaxHealth warned about the upcoming drug shortages in 2008 in a story by Dr. Stanley Feld. The major reason is quality manufacturing issues. However there have been other reasons such as production delays at the manufacturer. Also there have been reports of delays from companies receiving raw materials and components from suppliers. To make matters worse some producers are just not making some medications anymore in favor of developing newer and more profitable medications. When one company discontinues, it is difficult for the remaining companies to increase production quickly enough to prevent a shortage. An increase in demand of some medications has also led to further shortages.
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They’ve got all the benefits of big government and none of the controls. Big Pharma is out of control. It’s out of control in this nation and we’ve allowed it; and they control the political parties.
Sheesh,
Ain’t good for
No Body!
totes, mi goats!
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