Minnesota patients and providers navigate ‘historical peak’ of drug shortages
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| | Minnesota patients and providers navigate ‘historical peak’ of drug shortages |
For months, providers and patients across the U.S. and in Minnesota have been dealing with a shortage of a medication commonly used to treat people with breathing issues.
Liquid albuterol supplies have been on the Food and Drug Administration’s shortage list since October. A situation that became more challenging after a manufacturer of the drug, Akorn Pharmaceuticals, shut down all of its U.S. production sites and reportedly laid off hundreds of workers.
Patients and providers have been navigating the shortage of albuterol as well as low supplies of cancer treatments, common antibiotics and children’s flu medications, among other things. And while drug shortages aren’t a new phenomenon, they do seem to be getting worse. | |
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