Health News from Medical News Today: Drug Shortages Have Hospitals Scrambling For Alternatives

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. Drug Shortages Have Hospitals Scrambling For Alternatives 30 May 2011, 5:00 pm Hospitals are finding themselves short of a wide range of medications more frequently and for longer. Delaying treatment is becoming less of a rarity at US hospitals today. Emergency doctors fear that soon lives will be lost when they cannot get their hands on some crucial drugs. There are times when the supply and demand of certain drugs go in wrong directions and there is a shortage, and sometimes total unavailability. What concerns a growing number of health care professionals is that the problem is growing rapidly... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.