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U.S. scrambling to ease drug shortages
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Will E Worm
Conspiracy...
"a sweeping consolidation of the generic drug industry into a few behemoths"
Sounds like monopolies that are supposed to be illegal. :nono:
Medicine should not be big business.
This does say drugs. Isn't there a war on drugs?
Sounds like monopolies that are supposed to be illegal. :nono:
Medicine should not be big business.
This does say drugs. Isn't there a war on drugs?
bustybbwlover
I'm so great I'm jelous of myself.
yay! capitalism!
And THIS is the problem I have with this health care package Obama pushed through legislation. It did NOTHING to address pharmaceutical companies, which is (in my eyes) the biggest cost in health care. People can't afford life saving medicine and generic isn't always the best choice.
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
the pharmaceutical companies and the insurance companies. they fucking hate us.
Wasn't going to touch on insurance. Especially since they have some failed MD student sitting there deciding what medicane can be insured and what can't.
Like birth control. It's OK to cover viagra so guys can get it up, but birth control has to come out of your own pocket. Fucking brilliant.
squallumz
knows petras secret: she farted.
oh i know, its truly terrible.
Roughneck
Stick with Freeones
I don't know what they're figuring but they better figure something fast.
A couple months ago there was a severe shortage of Levophed. Handling septic patients with a tanking blood pressure is hard enough - harder still when you don't have adequate stock of the meds needed to maintain decent perfusion pressure in critical patients. And in critical care pts., sometimes "substitution" isn't an option - especially when it comes ot certain antibiotics or pressors or the like.
From something as simple as Pepcid to something as exotic as Veccuronium - there have been multiple waves of shortages of different medications over the past two years. It's annoying, it's frustrating and more importantly, I'm sure it's affecting patient care and outcome.
Sometimes the shortage takes on an absurd twist. For example, the narcotic pain medication Dilaudid - there has been a severe shortage of the 1mg dose vials for a while now - but there seem to be no shortage of the 2mg or 10mg vials. Unfortunately, Dilaudid is usually dosed in 0.5-1 mg doses. So when the 2mg or 10mg vial is pulled for use, the remainder (other than the dose ordered) has to be wasted per protocol and per law!!!
cheers,
R.
PS: I won't bother getting into the "politics" of it all. Too many ill-informed "opinions" and I'm tired of beating the same old dead horses.
A couple months ago there was a severe shortage of Levophed. Handling septic patients with a tanking blood pressure is hard enough - harder still when you don't have adequate stock of the meds needed to maintain decent perfusion pressure in critical patients. And in critical care pts., sometimes "substitution" isn't an option - especially when it comes ot certain antibiotics or pressors or the like.
From something as simple as Pepcid to something as exotic as Veccuronium - there have been multiple waves of shortages of different medications over the past two years. It's annoying, it's frustrating and more importantly, I'm sure it's affecting patient care and outcome.
Sometimes the shortage takes on an absurd twist. For example, the narcotic pain medication Dilaudid - there has been a severe shortage of the 1mg dose vials for a while now - but there seem to be no shortage of the 2mg or 10mg vials. Unfortunately, Dilaudid is usually dosed in 0.5-1 mg doses. So when the 2mg or 10mg vial is pulled for use, the remainder (other than the dose ordered) has to be wasted per protocol and per law!!!
cheers,
R.
PS: I won't bother getting into the "politics" of it all. Too many ill-informed "opinions" and I'm tired of beating the same old dead horses.
Just so long as my Levitra doesn't run out!
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