Common antibiotic amoxicillin is in short supply.
“Generally, what we see in the drug shortages is on the production side. In this case, we don't have any indication from the manufacturers that they're having any sort of difficulty with production,” Michael Ganio, the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists' senior director for pharmacy practice and quality, told. “This one seems to be driven by demand, which is a little unusual. We see increased demand as a cause of a shortage fairly infrequently.
Why the jump in demand? A surge in pediatric RSV cases may be contributing to the problem, because although an antibiotic can't treat the virus, it is often used to treat secondaryThe United States isn't the only country facing a shortage.
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