Drug Shortages
ICU Sedation: Improving Outcomes and Mitigating Drug Shortages
Less than half of ICUs nationwide follow standardized sedation and analgesia protocols, and less than a third ...
APRIL 28, 2025
Tariffs Could Raise Generic Drug Prices, Worsen Shortages
The sweeping tariffs on all U.S. trading partners are likely to have a significant impact on the country’s ...
APRIL 23, 2025
Study Finds SICU Patient Pain Can Be Controlled With Fewer Opioids
Nonopioid pain medications, such as dexmedetomidine, ketamine and NSAIDs, may be a good option for some ventilated ...
JUNE 29, 2020
Shortages in Drugs for Patients on Ventilators Persist
Shortages in medications used during ventilation are continuing.
JUNE 22, 2020
FDA Releases Multiagency Report on Causes of Drug Shortages
A new FDA report details the causes of and potential solutions for the ongoing drug shortages in the U.S. health ...
OCTOBER 30, 2019
The Etherist Podcast: Solutions and an Ethical Dilemma
The crisis of drug shortages has been defined by debates about the need for better policy and medical practices, ...
OCTOBER 29, 2019
Quinine With Whiskey: An Early American Drug Shortage
The American Civil War is as much a story of disease as it is of battles won and lost. And catastrophic drug ...
OCTOBER 20, 2019
The Etherist Podcast: Government in Action or Inaction
From U.S. Civil War drug shortages to the downed factories in the wake of Hurricane Maria, pharmaceutical ...
OCTOBER 15, 2019
The Etherist Podcast: Hurricane Maria and the Manufacturing Process
Despite the focus on drug shortages, the nationwide decline in available IV saline was one of the most daunting ...
OCTOBER 1, 2019
National Drug Shortage Affects TKA Practice Standards and Outcomes
Las Vegas—The effects of a nationwide shortage of hyperbaric bupivacaine in 2018 led to changes in clinical ...
SEPTEMBER 23, 2019
The Etherist Podcast: We Have a Problem
This is first episode of The Etherist. The story starts with the spinal anesthesia shortage in 2018 with the ...
SEPTEMBER 17, 2019
The Etherist Podcast: Coming Soon
This is the final teaser for Anesthesiology News presents The Etherist, the new podcast series that tells the story ...
SEPTEMBER 10, 2019