Drug Shortage Dilemma Series

Drug Shortage Dilemma - The Problem

WASHINGTON, DC (Ivanhoe Newswire) --- In the 80s, the war on drugs focused on ridding the U.S. of illegal narcotics like crack, cocaine, and heroin. In 2012 we're in the midst of a different kind of drug war, fighting to get the ones many people need. Now, experts on the front lines of the ongoing struggle with prescription drug shortages.

Drug Shortage Dilemma - The Patients

Baltimore, MD ( Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Critical drugs are coming up short all over our country. Doctors are being forced to put patients on treatments that don’t work as well as potentially life-saving drugs.

Drug Shortage Dilemma - Prevention

WASHINGTON, DC ( Ivanhoe Newswire) – There are hundreds of drugs unavailable to those who need them most. It’s not happening in a poor country you've never heard of. It’s happening right here in the United States. After years of watching the situation get worse and worse, something is finally being done about it.