EpiPen Shortage Frustrates Doctors And Patients

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It has been a year since manufacturers reported the EpiPen shortage and the lack of supply is expected to continue in the coming months. Doctors and consumers have already voiced concerns amid the growing demand for the device that has been effective to stop life-threatening food allergies.

“We didn’t expect it to go this long,” Todd Mahr, a Wisconsin-based allergist and parent of a child with food allergies, told WebMD. “And that’s frustrating to us and our patients.”

EpiPen serves as an auto-injection tool for immediate delivery of doses of epinephrine to stop severe and potentially deadly allergic reactions. It has been widely accepted at clinics and even schools to treat children.

However, Steve Danehy, director of media relations at Pfizer, said the shortage that started in May 2018 may continue over the coming months. Some experts claimed the EpiPens shortage was linked to Pfizer’s subsidiary, Meridian Medical Technologies, which manufactures the devices.

Meridian reportedly made a long manufacturing shutdown for maintenance and upgrades during the winter, which contributed to the EpiPen shortage. The company also saw unplanned equipment downtime that delayed the production process.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/epipen-shortage-frustrates-doctors-and-patients/ar-AABl6Gx?li=BBnbfcL

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1. Maintenance, upgrades, unplanned equipment downtime

Uh huh, and a for-profit health care model that guarantees lucrative shortages of vital medicine that desperate people will pay top dollar to obtain. What's not to like?

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2. It's not a manufacturing shortage; It's a manufactured shortage.

Now, they'll raise the price again. Just watch.

I have a niece with two children who have serious allergies. This affects her a great deal, both the shortages and the cost increases.