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US Drug Shortages Hit Record High, Lawmakers Warn Millions In Jeopardy

US Drug Shortages Hit Record High, Lawmakers Warn Millions In Jeopardy

  • Shortages of life-saving medications have reached record highs in the United States, putting millions of Americans at risk of major relapse — and even death.
  • Patients with aggressive blood cancers, life-threatening pneumonia and mental illness are just some of those waiting more than a year for vital medicines, a DailyMail.com investigation has learned.
  • One notable medicine in short supply is the antibiotic amoxicillin; used to treat bacterial infections, including the bacterial infection partly driving the so-called ‘white lung’ outbreak in Ohio and China.
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