The results of a randomized controlled trial show a single dose of benzathine penicillin G is noninferior to 3 doses for treating early syphilis.
List of drugs that "when medically needed in acute care must be available and used within hours or days of the need or the patient may suffer serious outcomes which may include disability or death." Check the dashboards for the most recent shortages, or at the complete PDF list, updated every week.
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Some widely used antibiotics, such as amoxicillin, which is often used to treat ear and chest infections in children, have been in shortage in Europe since October.
The EU looks to amend laws to require increasing stocks of essential medicines and offering more timely notifications of shortages.
The total volume of anticoagulants and antiplatelet medications at US hospitals fell 43% at the onset of the pandemic.
HHS is expanding access through stockpiles that had been reserved for use in a future flu pandemic.
CVS and Walgreens announce limits on the number of children's pain medications that customers can buy.
The demand comes in anticipation of a COVID-19 surge in China amid looser public health restrictions.
The guidance prioritizes the treatment of flu in high-risk patients amid shortages of the generic antiviral drug.
Amid COVID-19 surges, people are scrambling to stockpile over-the-counter pain and fever medications.
Americans with ADHD are struggling to find good alternatives to the stimulant Adderall.
During shortages of 5 antibiotics at a US children's hospital, prescribers adhered to restriction protocols 57% of the time.
