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a query to the group
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| Leeb57 2004-10-08, 7:11 pm |
| have any of you heard of a shortage of injectable methotrexate? My wife takes
her injection once a week and today heard that there is a shortage. Any input
from you all would be appreciated.
Lee
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| Janet R 2004-10-08, 7:11 pm |
| the newsgroup alt.support.arthritis will be able to help you...they
were discussing this issue within the last week.
I wish I had some info, but I do not take MTX
Janet R.
"Leeb57" <leeb57@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20041008191900.19398.00005336@mb-m17.aol.com...
| have any of you heard of a shortage of injectable methotrexate? My
wife takes
| her injection once a week and today heard that there is a shortage.
Any input
| from you all would be appreciated.
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| Lee
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| Leeb57 wrote:
> have any of you heard of a shortage of injectable methotrexate? My wife takes
> her injection once a week and today heard that there is a shortage. Any input
> from you all would be appreciated.
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> Lee
Is there a Walgreen's near you?
Somebody on the arthritis newsgroup said theirs had lots of stock - however, I
don't know if that includes the preservative or not.
I wish I understood what's going on.
I found this http://www.ashp.org/shortage/gold-salts.cfm and on the face of it, it
seems that cancer treatments are "short" so options are methotrexate, so I don't
know if you know someone at a cancer centre/pharmacy where you could get it?
Or perhaps doctors have stock? And can inject two patients from one vial? (so half
doesn't have to be thrown out)
Just theories...
J
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| In article <20041008191900.19398.00005336@mb-m17.aol.com>, Leeb57
<leeb57@aol.com> wrote
>have any of you heard of a shortage of injectable methotrexate? My wife takes
>her injection once a week and today heard that there is a shortage. Any input
>from you all would be appreciated.
>
Could this be related to the shortage of flu vaccine? That is apparently
caused by a company in UK failing a Quality Control inspection and
losing its licence. We've lost 20% of the supplies (*) but I read they
sent more to USA. Maybe they also make methotrexate?
* The news said that 15 million people had been classed as "priority
cases for vaccinating" so they'd ordered 12 million doses. Eh?
--
Andy Taylor [Chair, N E Lupus Group]
See http://www.northeastlupus.org.uk for more!
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| Shelagh 2004-10-11, 7:10 pm |
| "Andy" <andy@kitzbuhel.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> * The news said that 15 million people had been classed as "priority
> cases for vaccinating" so they'd ordered 12 million doses. Eh?
> Andy Taylor [Chair, N E Lupus Group]
> See http://www.northeastlupus.org.uk for more!
LOL
sounds about right for the top drawer bureaucrats though..
maybe the money for the other 3 million doses went into the 'red tape fund'
..... y'know? the one that pays the 'they' their salaries?
Just feeling just a bit skeptical about our health care or lack thereof
lately....
from Shelagh in BC
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| Andy wrote:
> In article <20041008191900.19398.00005336@mb-m17.aol.com>, Leeb57
> <leeb57@aol.com> wrote
> Could this be related to the shortage of flu vaccine? That is apparently
> caused by a company in UK failing a Quality Control inspection and
> losing its licence. We've lost 20% of the supplies (*) but I read they
> sent more to USA. Maybe they also make methotrexate?
MTX is generic - meaning no company owns it.
It's my understanding that it's the preservative that's a problem.
I would think it's one of (or both) problems of:
Manufacturing plant - Hurricane
Many manufacturers/drugstores who are "short" have contracted with the same
distributor and cannot get any elsewhere because the others are oversold.
I just checked with the drugstore here (Canada) and they have no problem, have both
(with and without preservative).
I was wondering if "compounding pharmacies" might have the preservative?
J
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