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Doctors in England told not to start new patients on ADHD drugs due to shortage
(www.theguardian.com)
This is the saddest upvote I've given this week :(
this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2023
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Yeah, the whole thing is a sad mess. If it was cancer or diabetes medicine people would be storming Parliament.
This seems like a good argument for making the drugs here:
“The NHS often depends on only one or two foreign suppliers for key medicines. If these factories fail to supply, there is a high risk of shortages,” he said. “We had many problems during Covid when drug production was suspended in China and India. Last year there was a major shortage of amoxicillin to treat respiratory infections.”
He said a new approach was needed. “The European Union is passing new laws to safeguard supplies of critical medicines. Manufacturers need to send alerts if their supplies are at risk. It is time for the UK to do the same.”
Is there anything we don't have a shortage of right now? Other than bullshit, that is.