"At Norwegian American Hospital and other emergency departments around the country, doctors and nurses have been struggling for months without crucial drugs like morphine, which is used to ease the pain of injuries like broken bones, or diltiazem, a heart drug. Norwegian has been out of morphine since March, and the shortages are part of a nagging problem that has intensified this year as a rash of decades-old staples became scarce."
"Like so much in health care, the roots of the drug shortage are complex and seemingly without a simple fix."
Yet, somehow, illegal narcotics manufacturers can keep their customer's well-supplied. Just spitballing here, but maybe the problem has to do with federal limits on the amount of narcotics any one company can produce?
"As Pfizer’s supplies have run short, competitors have struggled to keep up with demand, depleting their own stock. The shortage of opioids like morphine has been aggravated by federal quotas that restrict the amount of narcotics any one company can manufacture; this spring, Pfizer relinquished part of its federal quota, which was then reallocated to other manufacturers."
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"Like so much in health care, the roots of the drug shortage are complex and seemingly without a simple fix."
Yet, somehow, illegal narcotics manufacturers can keep their customer's well-supplied. Just spitballing here, but maybe the problem has to do with federal limits on the amount of narcotics any one company can produce?
"As Pfizer’s supplies have run short, competitors have struggled to keep up with demand, depleting their own stock. The shortage of opioids like morphine has been aggravated by federal quotas that restrict the amount of narcotics any one company can manufacture; this spring, Pfizer relinquished part of its federal quota, which was then reallocated to other manufacturers."
Via @[9366863:2048:Desiree D. Dudley]