Are you hearing any explanations for the shortages from your medical profession colleagues or drug company representatives?
Not really. Our OR pharmacy just sends an email saying “national backorder”. Once, I needed a drug for a liver transplant only to be told it was unavailable because the manufacturer decided nit to produce it anymore. About 6 months later, it showed up again.
Also, there seems to be more incidents for drugs being “recalled” due to a contamination problem. We haven’t had a certain steroid available for months since supposedly the lot was contaminated.
As I said, in 14 years, I cannot recall anything like what I’ve witnessed the last 2 years. Strange.