Rising drug shortages pose national security threat, Senate panel says

The Hill ^ | 03/22/2023 | STEPHEN NEUKAM

[ChicagoConservative27]

A new Senate report found that drug shortages in the U.S. are increasing in frequency and duration, due to over-reliance on foreign countries like China and India, which is posing national security concerns.

The report from the Democrat-led Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs provided a damning indictment of the U.S. government’s ability to predict drug shortages and address them effectively. It also laid out troubling statistics on the rate of drug shortages.

[ChicagoConservative27]

I have noticed my refills take long to fill these days.

[fwdude]

Which drugs specifically?

[G Larry]

Brought to you by “The Population Control” Nazis!

[ChicagoConservative27]

Blood pressure and beta blocker

[mikey_hates_everything]

Does the esteemed Senate panel think that the abundant supply of fentanyl is a national security threat?

[roostercashews]

Cancer drugs too.

From another article:

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/patients-health-care-providers-face-shortages-critical-drugs/story?id=98018805

While the Senate report highlights a variety of shortages, it points specifically to shortages of Vincristine, a critical adult and pediatric chemotherapy drug used to treat various types of cancer with no alternative treatment, and Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG), an immunotherapy biologic drug used to treat bladder cancer.

[GaryCrow]

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/drugshortages/default.cfm

Here’s a link to the FDA drug shortage list, there’s a lot of them.

Along with all our other manufacturing we outsourced our pharmaceuticals to China and India too, now we can’t make anything here. But hey, it’s cheaper than making them here & the stock price went up so everything’s good, right? We’re a service economy now anyways, everybody’s making money in the financial sector so why should the US actually manufacture anything when we can buy it from China for pennies on the dollar and resell it for $1500 for a month’s supply?

Who’d have ever thunk that outsourcing the manufacture of all the medications that it takes to keep our people alive to our biggest enemy might be a bad idea? After all, pharmaceutical companies are the biggest donors to congress and they say it’s a good thing, who are we to argue? God forbid our government might do something as radical as require critical industries like pharmaceuticals to be made in the US, that would be anti-capitalist. The guys who hired congressman X’s daughter for that million dollar a year consulting job might not like it.

[Carriage Hill]

I use Rite Aid here in PA, and have noticed the same thing...

[1Old Pro]

All our pharmaceuticals coming from China, what could go wrong.

[Carriage Hill]

My daily meds:

• Rx Meds:
Entresto 97/103mg
Jardiance 25mg
Eplerenone 50 Mg Tablet
Pacerone 100 Mg Tablet
Metformin 1,000mg
Nitroglycerin 0.4 Mg Sublingual Tablet (if needed)
Furosemide 40 Mg Tablet
Doxycycline Hyclate 100 Mg Capsule
Valium 10mg (if needed)
Ondansetron 4 Mg Disintegrating Tablet
Zolpidem ER 12.5 Mg Tablet (Extended Release)
Finasteride 5 Mg Tablet
Cyclobenzaprine 10 Mg Tablet
Metoprolol Succinate ER 50 Mg Tablet, Extended Release 24 Hr
Pantoprazole 40 Mg Tablet 2x/day
Combivent Respimat 20 Mcg-100 Mcg/actuation Solution For Inhalation
Meloxicam 15 Mg Tablet
Tamsulosin 0.4 Mg Capsule
Tramadol 50mg
Furosemide 20 Mg Tablet
Gabapentin 300mg (Peripheral Neuropathy in feet)
Atorvastatin Calcium 80 Mg Tablet
Cholecalciferol (vit D3) 1,000 Unit
Vitamin K2 (mk4) 100 Mcg Tablet
Valium 10mg

• OTC Meds:
Aspirin Coated - 81mg
Centrum Silver Multi-Vitamin
Phillips Probiotic
Vitamin D-3 5,000units
Vitamin B-1 100mg
Vitamin B-12 5,000mcg
Prevagen Extra Strength
Presser Eye Vitamins Areds 2
Nicoderm Cq 14 Mg/24 Hr Daily Transdermal Patch
Vitamin C 1,000mg
Vitamin K-2 100mcg
Magnesium 500mg
Zinc 50mg
COQ10 100mg
Quercetin 500mg
Fish Oil 1,000mg

[FlingWingFlyer]

Well, when you’re giving medical drugs to every Tom, Dick and Harry who wades across El Rio Grande free of charge, something has to give.

[momincombatboots]

Because big pharma ran out of the billions trump gave them. #Bailout

[PGR88]

Its part of the bigger picture of why Biden/USA must kiss China’s behind, while they go after Russia.

[Big Red Badger]

Ain’t seen so many pills since
High School !!!

[AZJeep]

There are shortages of lots of things.
I have noticed a lots of empty shelves in my grocery store.
Many car parts are on backorder.
I am not sure if the formula is finally back?!

[The Duke]

I’ve got a woman friend who has been living with 400+ blood sugar levels for the past six weeks because she can’t get her diabetes prescription filled. Last week she experienced a “mini-stroke” that was attributed to that.

[Carriage Hill]

Takes me 20mins to lay them out, in morning & evening rows, on a blue napkin, daily. Not much fun...

[Old Yeller]

Good grief. Is your pill organizer on wheels?

[Texan5]

Enserio? I pray you stay safe-a mere speck of just about any of those meds-starting with Valium-would mean a trip to the ER and possible death for me, my sibling and several other relatives-we are reactive to many/most drugs-seems to be an inherited trait in the DNA-maternal side of the family. I don’t even take OTC aspirin-I do take as many/more vitamins/supplements as you do with no ill effects.

Pardon my asking-but have you had any bad reactions due to drug interaction or allergic reaction?

[Texan5]

LOL! One of the guys I went to college with used to bring out handfuls of pills at every concert we went to, saying come and get your fruit salad right here-when I saw how whacked out stoned some of my friends got-I was glad I could honestly abstain because of being drug reactive...