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Supply chain issues have been affecting medicines availability right across the board from common to your more obscure meds.
This is actually a global problem. In the UK, with year upon year worsening of the supply chain being observed, it's safe to say its reached unprecedented levels.
Many factors can affect a medicines availability. This can range from a batch failure picked up by QC and so leading to a product recall or technical issues developing during the manufacturing process. It's also not uncommon for situations to arise where demand greatly outstrips supply of which there can be many reasons.
Raw materials is another major contributor. In many cases these are brought in from overseas. Also worth considering that medicines themselves will be manufactured in other countries and then imported. Factors such as Covid, Ukrainian Russian War, The Middle East Crisis (affecting the Red Sea shipping routes) , economic instability and for Britain - Brexit have all had a significant impact on medicines supply.
Coupled to this, some manufacturers as well as wholesalers "gaming" the system so as to increase their profits.
Hopefully this provides some insight into how medicines can be in short supply.
This is actually a global problem. In the UK, with year upon year worsening of the supply chain being observed, it's safe to say its reached unprecedented levels.
Many factors can affect a medicines availability. This can range from a batch failure picked up by QC and so leading to a product recall or technical issues developing during the manufacturing process. It's also not uncommon for situations to arise where demand greatly outstrips supply of which there can be many reasons.
Raw materials is another major contributor. In many cases these are brought in from overseas. Also worth considering that medicines themselves will be manufactured in other countries and then imported. Factors such as Covid, Ukrainian Russian War, The Middle East Crisis (affecting the Red Sea shipping routes) , economic instability and for Britain - Brexit have all had a significant impact on medicines supply.
Coupled to this, some manufacturers as well as wholesalers "gaming" the system so as to increase their profits.
Hopefully this provides some insight into how medicines can be in short supply.
Day #3 at my new job. I thought I was going to be an assistant and they hired me as a teacher. I'm extremely nervous because I have to put curriculum in the database and keep track of the children the same way. I'm just an emotional wreck. I meet the children on Thursday. The good news is that the CO teacher has been there a year, but this is also her first time working in this capacity. I'm really hoping I can get some help with this. The training is fast with many interruptions and I can't sleep at night.
Frustration is understandable. But hey man, that'll be for practically everyone involved in the process, not just the end user/patient.
Couple of things that may help mitigate against such shortages:
1. Don't leave it to the last minute to oder your meds. Enusre you've got an adequate amount as back up
2. Hope your pharmacist(s) is on the ball and has the contacts as well as know how of workarounds for when such shortages occur.
Granted not a full blown gaurantee to avoid these stock shortage situations, but at least it'll be far better than to just sit and hope.
Couple of things that may help mitigate against such shortages:
1. Don't leave it to the last minute to oder your meds. Enusre you've got an adequate amount as back up
2. Hope your pharmacist(s) is on the ball and has the contacts as well as know how of workarounds for when such shortages occur.
Granted not a full blown gaurantee to avoid these stock shortage situations, but at least it'll be far better than to just sit and hope.
Someone posted a video on Facebook of an overweight woman saying, "The question i get asked most is how are you so beautiful?" And above the video it says, "I assure you, it's not." She could have the most beautiful heart. What's wrong with people that they feel the need to put others down and laugh about it?
med shortages are common today. adhd meds were out of stock for a long time as well as my hydromorphone. it was a stupid reason for my hydros, the feds required a 5 % reduction this year. once they hit that limit no more until april. a week later after telling my doctor i couldn't take the pain anymore he found a solution, they had 4 mg in stock so i only got half as much which is good. i think manufacturers are creating shortages of various meds so the feds will back off. in the meantime people suffer
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