Drug shortages are running low in many hospitals here in the - US, long before Trump took office. Posted: Jan 9th, 2018 - 3:31 am In Reply to: Please kick your president in the rear before - Lasting damage
The major reason is manufacturing issues and overwhelming demand. It's a chronic supply and demand issue.
One of my meds was in such short supply that it took me 4 months to get a single prescription filled.
The FDA had limited the amount of one of the ingredients available to the mfr, and caused a continent-wide shortage. This was in 2015.
A drug manufacturer must get permission from the FDA every time they do a production run (among other reasons for shortages, of course).
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