How to Stockpile Medications in Case of an Emergency
2024年9月30日 · Hoarding medications, depending on how it’s done, can be costly and even dangerous. It is important to understand the nature of the situation you are facing and to take a close look at the risks versus benefits of stockpiling medications. There are different ways people stockpile medications, but these may be the most common:
Drug Shortages | FDA - U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Drug Shortages can occur for many reasons, including manufacturing and quality problems, delays, and discontinuations. Manufacturers provide FDA most drug shortage information, and …
WHO updates list of medicines to stockpile for nuclear emergencies
2023年1月27日 · The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday updated the list of medicines and drugs it recommends to treat exposure to radiological and nuclear emergencies for the first time since 2007.
Drug Shortages: Causes and Effects - WebMD
Have you ever tried to fill a prescription only to be turned away by your pharmacy because it’s out of stock? Drug shortages happen when there’s not enough supply of a drug to meet current or...
How to get the medicine you need when it’s not available | Vox
2024年2月6日 · 1) Look for the generic form of the drug in the two drug shortage databases that contain all the information available to the American public about specific medicines’ availability: the one...
Medication Stockpiling | AMCP.org
Possible reasons for stockpiling of prescription drugs vary, including fear of product shortages and terrorist attacks; impending loss or change of drug benefit coverage to a plan with higher co-payments or different formularies; or intentional or unintentional drug abuse.
Why are there medicine shortages and what is the solution?
2023年2月20日 · Common remedies, especially generics including antibiotics, have been running scarce in various regions worldwide – causing concern among patients and consumers, the government and industry. A confluence of factors is driving the shortfall, including increased infections, inflation, supply-chain disruptions and regulations.
Access to medicines and health products - World Health Organization …
2024年11月19日 · Countries face a range of obstacles to achieving this, including rising prices for new medicines; shortages and stock outs of essential medicines, especially for noncommunicable diseases, and the growing problem of substandard and falsified medical products entering the global supply chain.
Health products policy and standards - World Health Organization …
2015年12月12日 · Shortages and stock outs of essential medicines have been increasing in recent years. The problem has become a global problem, with documented supply failures... In response to World Health Assembly resolution WHA69.25, “Addressing the Global Shortage of Medicines and Vaccines”, an informal consultation...
Technical consultation on preventing and managing global stock …
2015年12月12日 · Shortages and stock outs of essential medicines have been increasing in recent years. The problem has become a global problem, with documented supply failures of antibiotics, anaesthetics, chemotherapy medicines and many others.
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