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It’s not just grocery stores and manufacturing plants feeling the shortages.
According to FDA statistics, more than 100 pharmaceuticals are in limited supply throughout the country, including antibiotics, diuretics, painkillers, and heart failure meds.
The FDA’s database of current and resolved medication shortages, which is updated daily, 114 pharmaceuticals were in low supply as of 11 January, BeckeHospitalReview.com recently reported.
The FDA cited 112 medication shortages in November 2021.
Many ingredients for important pharmaceuticals are sourced from China and India, which have both experienced prolonged COVID related disruptions in their economic production.
As a result, stateside medical facilities and pharmacies are being impacted.
Heparin sodium and sodium chloride 0.9 percent injection, an anticoagulant, was the most recent medicine put to the FDA’s shortage list on 7 January. The sedative dexmedetomidine injection, which is used in patients on ventilators, was introduced on 27 December, 2021.
Atropine, used to counteract serious allergy reactions, made the list. Cortisone Acetate tablets, HydroCortisone tablets, Epinephrine, Dopamine Hydrochloride, Lorazepam (Injection), Lithium Oral Solution, Morphine Sulfate Injection, and even Multivitamin Infusion (Adult and Pediatric) are currently listed in short supply.
The complete list of medicine shortages may be seen here.