Two workhorse chemotherapy drugs are increasingly hard to come by, and Colorado cancer centers are trying to manage the shortages with as little effect on patients as possible.
whose bodies don’t produce it naturally. Each situation was slightly different, with some shortages primarily blamed on manufacturing issues, while others were due to high demand.
Given the recurrent shortages, though, moving drugs around isn’t always enough, Nagy said. He estimated Intermountain stockpiles a roughly 30-day supply of about 150 of the 3,000 medications that a typical hospital may have, including multiple formulations of some of them. The decision on which to keep on hand was based on how commonly the drug is used and how severe the consequences would be if a hospital ran out, he said.
Shortages have been a problem for two decades, but it’s only recently that the public has noticed, Nagy said.
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