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Reaction to reported record numbers of drug shortages – drugs for treating cancer, cardiac arrest & cystic fibrosis, as well as for many other disorders – with doctors shocked & pharmacists scrambling:
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Therese Naim (terr-EZZ ny-EEM) is the Director of Pharmacy at Forest Park Medical Center in Dallas. She also says these shortages can endanger the lives of patients, and sometimes force a delay in treatment.
OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL COPY (interviewee contact info, below): Reasons for the shortages range from recalls to difficulty importing raw ingredients to unexpected sharp increases in demand. The Food and Drug Administration also says there are not as many manufacturers producing older, cheaper generic drugs. Almost never in short supply: more expensive name-brand medications.
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Re-calls, problems importing raw ingredients, unexpected sharp increases in demand. These are among the speculated reasons for reported record numbers of drug shortages – drugs for treating cancer, cardiac arrest and cystic fibrosis, as well as for many other disorders. But no one cause has yet to be pinned-down:
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That's Therese Naim (terr-EZZ ny-EEM) -- Director of Pharmacy at Forest Park Medical Center in Dallas. Also, she tells us the Food and Drug Administration says there are not as many manufacturers producing older, cheaper generic drugs.
OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL COPY (interviewee contact info, below): She also says these shortages can endanger the lives of patients, and even, sometimes force a delay in treatment. The more expensive name-brand medications, we're told are almost never in short supply.
OPTIONAL ADDITIONAL INFO IS HERE
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