Nany Maree
More than 340 medicines are in short supply right now, with another 85 expected to join them. Cold and flu tablets, heart pills, antidepressants, diabetes drugs. I've stopped asking the chemist what's out and started asking what's in.
About 90 per cent of our medicines come from Europe and the US, and they lean on China and India for the raw ingredients. A pharmacist told the ABC a lot of these medicines are life-saving, and that's not an exaggeration.
The TGA says the numbers have held steady since it started counting in 2019. New rules making suppliers hold four to six months of stock start in July 2023.
Steady since 2019. Is that meant to make me feel better? And why does a fix for a shortage take a whole year to start?
Talk to your GP or health professional about your own body.
Source: ABC News, 2022-08-17
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