We're Out Again?! Drug Scarcity and What We Can Do About It

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Committee News| June 2023 We're Out Again?! Drug Scarcity and What We Can Do About It Michael J. Norton, MD, MBA, FASA; Michael J. Norton, MD, MBA, FASA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Kayla M. Knuf, MD Kayla M. Knuf, MD Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar ASA Monitor June 2023, Vol. 87, 32. https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938856.48028.ef Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Cite Icon Cite Get Permissions Search Site Citation Michael J. Norton, Kayla M. Knuf; We're Out Again?! Drug Scarcity and What We Can Do About It. ASA Monitor 2023; 87:32 doi: https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ASM.0000938856.48028.ef Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll PublicationsASA Monitor Search Advanced Search Topics: medication shortages, united states food and drug administration, american society of health-system pharmacists, army, government, professors In recent years, people around the world have experienced difficulty obtaining the medications they need to manage their acute and chronic health concerns. Adderall, amoxicillin, and Tamiflu have recently made news for being in short supply, but they're just the latest in a long line of drugs whose availability has been disrupted. Many other drugs have suffered shortages over the years, as we in the anesthesiology community know all too well. Uncertainty over drug availability inevitably leads to questions. How big is the drug shortage problem? Is the problem getting worse or is recency bias simply making it feel that way? What is being done to combat it, and what can anesthesiologists and other physicians do locally and globally to alleviate supply challenges? In our role as clinical pharmacologists and patient safety advocates, anesthesiologists must understand the current problem and the answers to these questions. The American Society of Health-System... You do not currently have access to this content.