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FDA data shows numerous drugs in shortage, including a leading antidepressant

from USA Today

FDA data shows numerous drugs in shortage, including a leading antidepressant USA Today When Dr. Jeremy Faust ordered medications for a coronavirus patient he planned to put on a mechanical ventilator several weeks ago, he saw warning messages pop up on his computer. "We're very, very accustomed to seeing drug shortages and alarms coming up on our screen," said Faust, an emergency physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. "But during this crisis, it's become a lot more frequent." Although Faust was able to ventilate the patient as planned, he was alarmed by the warnings of new shortages at a time acute cases of the virus were surging. READ MORE

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