Drug Shortage Endless Open Comment Period: A Newsletter Experiment
A physician-journalist solicits ongoing reports of drug shortages
We have heard that stimulant shortages are a thing. Most of theses shortages are noted on an individual level. Every parent, every doctor each experiences their own problems. But what if we had an open comment period that never ended? Let’s bend the matrix.
Please comment on this post with your experience as provider or pharmacy. Provide no identifying information about your patients. This thread can create and ongoing reference for regulators, advocates, and lawmakers.
And share this endlessly, so that it is all in one place. For your patient privacy don’t post from your personal account if it’s you!
I have an Adderal prescription which I’ve been fulfilling at Bartells pharmacy for several years.
In the last six months they’ve told me twice, “yes you’re due for a refill but we don’t have and and don’t know when it will come in. We’ll put you on the waitlist.”
In each case it took more than 10 days of me checking back with them before I was told, yes we have some but your prescription has expired, go see your doctor.
I’m quite surprised at how the withdrawal is characterized. Y several days of fatigue and then the old disorientation of ADD.
I hesitated to take it again when I had it, but I feel so much better focused and less hyper when I have it.
Daily roadblock and aggravation communicating with pharmacies: "We cannot disclose our stock quantity unless an order is sent". Time wasted for everyone involved sending multiple orders, having them cancelled and resent. This is my new work flow.