What's with the drug shortages?

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What is with the shortages of morphine, epi, propofol and other various meds? A medic told me that they are also out of the 10ml epi syringes and have to use the ampules. Just wondering how many other facilities are being hit by this?

Specializes in Public Health, TB.
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Health insurance reform leads to drug shortages?

Really?

It couldn't have anything to do with drug company CEOs getting $14,000,000 annual compensation?

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Specializes in Emergency Dept, ICU.

Lasix is still short and Propofol are still in short supply. D50 syringes are now mixed by the pharmacist.

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I work in Texas, we are also out of morphine 2 and 4, all we have is 10, we are also out of propofol. It seems each week drugs come and go. For a while we were out of phenergan, it seems to be ok now, and multiple other drugs are running low

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.......is the catch-all excuse by the Pharma companies and insurance companies. It's not like they'll be hurting when it goes into effect. They just want to influence public opinion negatively towards the government so that in 2012 they get their person in office. In the meantime, hospitals can't carry drugs and supplies that are necessary to give care, and this trickles down to the patients in some way.

I usually try to avoid politics but this one really galls me.

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Specializes in ED.

What if we ran out of Rocephin or any of the other STD drugs? I bet the drug companies wouldnt have a problem supplying the drugs when there teens get the BUG!

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Specializes in Emergency Dept, ICU.

I don't understand it. We were out of epi premixed syringes for a while, still out of the D50 premixed syringes that come out of the boxes. Our pharmacy reported only a couple of manufacturers make them and they are in short supply.

You know every hospital needs all these drugs why are only a couple of companies making them??

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Specializes in ortho, hospice volunteer, psych,.
they've done it...they've finally gone and done it...the patients have actually used all of the narcotics!

i just knew if i lived long enough this would happen eventually!:eek::eek:

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Specializes in adult critical care.

We ran out of most anything in an abboject. evidently the abbojects manufacturer was having issues. my boss also blames obama, but cmon.

anyone notice how proprofol was suddenly hard to come by after MJ's death?

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Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.

For us, we are short lasix, and IV Bactrim cannot be had to save a life, no pun intended,

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Specializes in Oncology/Haemetology/HIV.
I don't understand it. We were out of epi premixed syringes for a while, still out of the D50 premixed syringes that come out of the boxes. Our pharmacy reported only a couple of manufacturers make them and they are in short supply.

You know every hospital needs all these drugs why are only a couple of companies making them??

For one reason w/bactrim, compazine and phenergan - there is little profit and high risk.

They are generics, and all are associated with law suits related to side effects, or in the case of phenergan, tissue damage from infusion.

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