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Medic Offer Upgrade User ID: 1366222 United States 04/22/2012 01:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Drug shortages put Americans health in jeopardy Currently there continues to be a shortage of emergency medicine drugs that are carried on Ambulances and in the hospitals. Cardiac drugs Atropine Sulfate Injection Digoxin Injection Diltiazem Injection Lidocaine Magnesium Sulfate Injection Procainamide Vasopressin Injection of the above, 4 are firstline cardiac drugs given in the ambulance or hospital for Cardiac arrest or a serious arrhythmia. Why are so many drugs behind? are they having problems? Or is it part of "Population Control" here is the link to the FDA showing all current shortages of drugs.... [link to www.google.com] Last Edited by Medic on 04/22/2012 01:36 AM
Rowsdower '12 oh, the doomanity! User ID: 13693742 United States 04/22/2012 02:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Drug shortages put Americans health in jeopardy maybe the pharmaceutical industry needs a bailout
Medic (OP) User ID: 1366222 United States 04/22/2012 02:49 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Drug shortages put Americans health in jeopardy Yeah right.....They have all the money. Theres no reason for them to be behind on production. I hate not having the meds on board a rig and not able to treat them properly.
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1491697 United States 04/22/2012 02:52 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Drug shortages put Americans health in jeopardy im not addicted to any poison.

Medic (OP) User ID: 1366222 United States 04/22/2012 02:54 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Drug shortages put Americans health in jeopardy Glad your not addicted. Even the drug Naloxone, that we give for Opiate overdoses i.e. Heroine, Morphine etc. is in short supply. Last Edited by Medic on 04/22/2012 02:54 AM
zenobiaphobia Dancing to the beat of a skinless drum User ID: 29365436 United States 12/08/2012 09:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Drug shortages put Americans health in jeopardy In many countries, patients are dying with no pain control whatsoever [link to www.bbc.co.uk] Yet according to the World Health Organization, every year more than five million people with cancer die in pain, without access to morphine. "The fact that what stands between them and the relief of that pain is a drug that costs $2 [£1.25] a week, I think is just really unconscionable," says Meg O'Brien, head of The Global Access to Pain Relief Initiative, a non-profit organisation that advocates for greater access to morphine. O'Brien says in well-off countries, like the UK and United States, there is enough morphine to treat 100% of people in pain - but in low-income countries, it's just 8%. In many low- and middle-income countries - 150, by some counts - morphine is all but impossible to get. Some governments don't provide it, or strictly limit it, because of concerns that it will be diverted to produce heroin. And many doctors are reluctant to prescribe morphine, fearing their patients will become addicted - something that studies have shown rarely happens Books relevant to our current situation will appear here at random: [link to archive.org]
Anonymous Coward User ID: 25020296 United States 12/08/2012 09:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Drug shortages put Americans health in jeopardy In many countries, patients are dying with no pain control whatsoever [link to www.bbc.co.uk] Yet according to the World Health Organization, every year more than five million people with cancer die in pain, without access to morphine. "The fact that what stands between them and the relief of that pain is a drug that costs $2 [£1.25] a week, I think is just really unconscionable," says Meg O'Brien, head of The Global Access to Pain Relief Initiative, a non-profit organisation that advocates for greater access to morphine. O'Brien says in well-off countries, like the UK and United States, there is enough morphine to treat 100% of people in pain - but in low-income countries, it's just 8%. In many low- and middle-income countries - 150, by some counts - morphine is all but impossible to get. Some governments don't provide it, or strictly limit it, because of concerns that it will be diverted to produce heroin. And many doctors are reluctant to prescribe morphine, fearing their patients will become addicted - something that studies have shown rarely happens Quoting: zenobiaphobia All being sold on the street then?
zenobiaphobia Dancing to the beat of a skinless drum User ID: 29365436 United States 12/08/2012 09:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Drug shortages put Americans health in jeopardy All being sold on the street then? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 25020296 More profit that way, who cares about dying people. The war on drugs has set medical science back 50 years. Books relevant to our current situation will appear here at random: [link to archive.org]
Anonymous Coward User ID: 29346187 United States 12/08/2012 09:53 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation	Re: Drug shortages put Americans health in jeopardy Current Drug Shortages Index [link to www.fda.gov] Drug Shortages: Current Drugs [link to www.ashp.org] Hospital Discusses Major Prescription Drug Shortage [link to baltimore.cbslocal.com] I think there are more thats not on the lists.We have to wait on one or two medications every month that is out of stock.
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