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Drug shortages, now normal in UK, made worse by Brexit, report warns
(www.theguardian.com)
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Things aren't much better on the other side of the small pond. It's arbitrary whether I get my script or not, or what brand (which doesn't matter really).
My father has trouble finding his diabetes medication because of the fucking dumbasses buying it for weight loss
It's been all over the place, from meds for blood sugars, amphetamines, opiates, benzodiazapines, even some less crazy stuff has issues. Some of it is manufacturing issues, raw materials, etc. some of it is which supplier your pharmacy is using. With things like semaglutide injections, they keep trying to add new indications, so then there's Even more demand, for example
It seems like it's what the flavor of the week that I'm going to have to tell my patients I can't fill because we can't source it, or the manufacturer has no date of release on when they will be able to provide to suppliers.
That and with manufacturers shutting down, it makes things even harder.
Here's an interesting long read about some troubles with drug manufacturing I found on Lemmy the other day. It might not all relate to specific situations, but an interesting inside look at pieces of the bigger picture:
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Special-Reports/India-pharma-quality-lapses-force-U.S.-to-look-to-China-for-vital-drugs