Drug Shortages Result in Rationing Treatments
This problem is widespread and likely to affect you or someone you love. Drug shortages of all sorts of drugs - anesthetics, painkillers, antibiotics, cancer treatments - have become the new norm. Shortages of drugs and therapeutics occur for a variety of reasons, including for reasons ranging from manufacturing problems to federal safety crackdowns to drug manufacturers abandoning low-profit products. Some shortages receive attention, but many times the patients and the public are not aware of the issues. A survey of oncologists conducted in 2012 and 2013 showed 83% of doctors who regularly [...]