Posted on 10/31/2011 1:26:18 PM PDT by ColdOne
President Obama signed his latest executive order this afternoon, saying of the initiative to address a drug shortage that "we've got to go ahead and move forward."
He concluded, somewhat awkwardly: "All right. With that, I'm going to sign this bill -- or this executive order -- excuse
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there has been a drug shortage since shortly after OBAMA took office, now when we refill my son’s adhd meds we never know how many pills we will get, if any
not sure which of his “czars” screwed things up
Almost certain his latest despotic decree will make things worse
Well shoot - if’n he can just do an EO to get rid of this drug shortage, why can’t he just do an EO to get rid of the job shortage? I guess he’s too stupid to think of that.
LOL, I doubt the burglars, robbers and counterfeiters are interested in chemotherapies. As I’m sure you know there is a big black market for opiates and anti-anxiety drugs and steroids.
Thank you for posting.
If I were a business owner I would be slowing production due to the sagging economy and the uncertainty that hangs like a cloud over this administration.
there is a major drug shortage, mostly because of new regulations.
I don’t think it is revenue-related. I think it is just the WH and DOJ teaming up to throw their weight around and set themselves up for making rules about how to best ration drugs in the future.
FWIW, I do know there is one that is needed so I can get retested for cancer markers. Waiting for my endo to contact me when it’s available. Can’t tell you what the drug is but I had thyroid cancer if that’s any clue.
Last week, I had an interesting experience at the pharmacy. I get a three-month supply for synthroid, of which I take two a day. Pharmacist hands me the bag with the prescription in there... and by God, it felt light. I took it out of the bag right then and there, looked at it and told her it didn’t look like there were enough in it. Got the “are you kidding?” look but another gal asked if I wanted it recounted. “Yes, please.” I watched her do so and sure enough, it was short 30 pills.
Didn’t Bill or Hillary try something like this and it went sideways?
Godspeed.
Which regulations? Just curious and trying to dig up info about this.
I don’t have the list handy but regulations were put in place after BO took office which made it more difficult to produce drugs. Pretty much the same thing he’s been doing to the oil industry.
There have been numerous stories about critical drugs, many of them for cancer, being in short supply. They usually reference manufacturing problems.
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