Chemotherapy Medicine Shortages: Hospital pharmacists worried about chemotherapy medicine shortages in a poll. The dramatic growth in prescription medicine shortages exacerbates this situation. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) reports that over half of hospital pharmacies lack chemotherapy medications and 99 percent lack entire prescription supply kits.
One-third of health systems have had to delay, halt, reduce, or switch patients’ prescriptions to continue treating them. Pharmacists surveyed over 1,000 patients and found a severe health issue.
309 medications are short, close to the 2014 record of 320. z Qilu Pharmaceutical of China can import 50-milligram cisplatin vials from the FDA. Toronto-based Apotex Corp. will send it.
Oncology is affected by shortages of over a dozen cancer medications. Cisplatin and carboplatin, chemotherapeutic medicines fHospital pharmacists worried about chemotherapy medicine shortages in a poll. The dramatic growth in prescription medicine shortages exacerbates this situation. The American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) reports that over half of hospital pharmacies lack chemotherapy medications and 99 percent lack entire prescription supply kits.
One-third of health systems have had to delay, halt, reduce, or switch patients’ prescriptions to continue treating them. Pharmacists surveyed over 1,000 patients and found a severe health issue.
309 medications are short, close to the 2014 record of 320. z Qilu Pharmaceutical of China can import 50-milligram cisplatin vials from the FDA. Toronto-based Apotex Corp. will send it.
Oncology is affected by shortages of over a dozen cancer medications. Cisplatin and carboplatin, chemotherapeutic medicines for lung, breast, prostate, and reproductive malignancies, are affected. 10%–20% of cancer patients need these drugs immediately.
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The National Comprehensive Cancer Network released 27 college cancer center research results. 93% of facilities lacked carboplatin and 70% lacked cisplatin.
Cancer hospitals must close these gaps to keep patients healthy. ASHP Senior Director of Pharmacy Practice and Quality Mike Ganio says the situation is problematic. Hospital patients are advised to obey their doctors’ orders.
Two-thirds of pharmacists thought the gaps had a minor impact on patient care and were easy to remedy. Pharmacists provide tailored care, procuring pharmaceuticals in multiple forms, strengths, and doses, and smartly distribute medicines to compensate for the shortfall.
It shakes the healthcare system. It is a startling reminder of how intimately drug supply, patient health, and critical care law speed are linked.
The National Comprehensive Cancer Network released 27 college cancer center research results. 93% of facilities lacked carboplatin and 70% lacked cisplatin.
Cancer hospitals must close these gaps to keep patients healthy. ASHP Senior Director of Pharmacy Practice and Quality Mike Ganio says the situation is problematic. Hospital patients are advised to obey their doctors’ orders.
Two-thirds of pharmacists thought the gaps had a minor impact on patient care and were easy to remedy. Pharmacists provide tailored care, procuring pharmaceuticals in multiple forms, strengths, and doses, and smartly distribute medicines to compensate for the shortfall.
It shakes the healthcare system. It is a startling reminder of how intimately drug supply, patient health, and critical care law speed are linked.
