Critical Drug Shortages Plague US Amid Unabated Reliance On China
December 29th, 2023Via: Epoch Times:
Active national drug shortages hit a 10-year high this year, leaving many health care providers, pharmacies, and hospitals without enough life-saving and supportive medications, according to data collected by the University of Utah Drug Information Service.
A survey by the same university in July found that 99 percent of the 1,123 pharmacists who responded—many of whom work in hospitals—reported shortages. One-third of the pharmacists listed the shortages as “critically impactful,” which is defined as being forced to ration medication or delay or even cancel medical treatments.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration lists 124 medications in short supply as of Dec. 21; the list topped out at 309 earlier this year.
The shortage applies to multiple categories, including antibiotics—both amoxicillin and azithromycin are on the list—and staple analgesics such as ketamine, as well as nitroglycerin injections, a vital tool in helping to control congestive heart failure in heart attack patients.
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“Currently, about 90 percent of drugs dispensed at U.S. pharmacies are generic drugs that overwhelmingly come from communist China and India,” Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said in a September statement upon introducing his American Drugs Act, which would create “a strong incentive for companies to invest in domestic pharmaceutical production.”
“Currently, about 90 percent of drugs dispensed at U.S. pharmacies are generic drugs that overwhelmingly come from communist China and India.” So they control our drug supply and what’s actually in it, our good friend totalitarian friend, China, and one of Gates’s experimental labs, India.
“… Act which would create a strong incentive for companies to invest in domestic pharmaceutical production.” As in, give the drug companies govt grants and tax breaks so they can make not just healthy new profits but more staggeringly huge profits.
Anyone still dependent on lab-made drugs should quit as many as possible and replace them with organic food, exercise, adequate sleep, time spent face to face with family and friends, and herbal or mineral supplements as needed (homemade or made in USA). That would put a dent in their profits and add some years to our lives.
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