I understand this drug shortage has been going on now for about 10 years. I don't understand why the FDA and AMA are not on top by now. Maybe we need to bring back some of the manufacturing back to the states. John ran into this back in 2002 when he needed an injectable form of a common older drug. None could be found. Luckily, it was not one his life depended on. The FDA states there are a few reasons, like manufacturing problems, quality assurance issues, or they are just not producing older drugs any longer.
http://www.ashp.org/drugshortages/current/
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Marlene, wife to John DX w/SAA April 2002, Stable partial remission; Treated with High Dose Cytoxan, Johns Hopkins, June 2002. Final phlebotomy 11/2016. As of July 2021 HGB 12.0, WBC 4.70/ANC 3.85, Plts 110K.
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