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Wave of shortages for commonly used drugs like Tylenol, ibuprofen coming as NYC pharmacies run OUT

April 06, 2020 - backorder at least until the end of the month.

“I never thought a pharmacy in the 21st century can run out of essentials, the most basic medications,” Emanuel Simhayev, owner of Get Well Rx Pharmacy in Astoria, Queens, told the financial news site. 

“When you face this hardship you cannot really help much. You do your best,” he added. ‘There’s a shortage of everything — it’s never enough’

Tylenol is on backorder until April 30 at Broadway ...

‘Literally impossible’: Trucking companies brace for California’s electric mandate

June 08, 2023 - backorder in many instances.

“Even if I had the $500,000 to buy a new electric truck, there aren’t any for sale,” John Williams, a trucking professional servicing Oakland ports, told The Epoch Times.

With 10,000 drayage trucks — those that access ports and railyards — reportedly replaced on average each year, the newly imposed mandate will create demand that manufacturers will be unable to supply, based on current production standards, according to trucking ...

Adderall shortage leaves millions without access to ADHD drugs, and a nation of addicts wondering how to get their pharma fix

April 13, 2023 - backorder nearly a year ago, citing a labor shortage.

Prior to that, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) put Adderall on its list of drugs "currently in shortage." Just three of the nine companies that produce Adderall have fully available supplies of their offerings.

According to the FDA, Teva specifically "continues to experience unprecedented increase in demand" for Adderall, which is supposedly the reason why it remains largely unavailable....

Walgreens begins rationing baby formula amid worsening supply chain crunch, forcing new parents to scramble

May 09, 2022 -

All sorts of goods and commodities are now in short supply, on backorder, or simply impossible to get including semiconductor chips, lumber, steel, homebuilding supplies, automobiles and now, some food items.

Baby formula, for instance, is now in such short supply that major retail outlets like Walgreens have begun severely rationing how much new parents can purchase.

On Friday, the second-largest pharmacy chain retailer in the U.S., behind CVS, said that ...

Emergency rooms packed with children sick with RSV due as amoxicillin shortage rages

November 21, 2022 - backorder since October. That's when we've been having a big uptick in bronchitis and RSV and everything, so the demand for it is so high that people aren't able to keep up with supply," she told WTOC.Respiratory infections in children now are much higher than in the last five years

According to Dr. Ben Spitalnick, a local pediatrician in Savannah, he's seeing more respiratory infections in children right now than he has in the last half-decade. "It [amoxicillin] ...

Amphetamine ADHD drug Adderall facing supply crunch, survey finds

August 23, 2022 -

It is the brand of choice among various sectors of the American population so it's no wonder Adderall is facing a supply crunch that's being reported by hundreds of U.S. pharmacies.

The National Community Pharmacists Association surveyed 358 store owners and managers about purchases of Adderall and its generic versions between July 25 and August 5 and found that 64 percent of them said the drug is on backorder.

This is understandable considering Adderall ...