The drug shortages updates from the FDA have included a lot of drugs commonly used in emergency medicine, but some of the recent shortages may be more likely to point out the lack of importance and misuse of these drugs. I apologize for the formatting. Formatting is not my strength. The link above will take you to the original document. All of my further comments are in blue on the page below. Drug Name Company Information Reason for Shortage Related Information Amikacin injection updated 7/8/2010 Bedford Customer service 1- 800-562-4797 Manufacturing delays Bedford anticipates availability by mid-August, 2010. RSI (Rapid Sequence Induction/Intubation) medication. Rocuronium and succinylcholine are still available. Drug Name Company Information Reason for Shortage Related Information Calcium Chloride Injection 7/20/2010 Hospira Inc. 1-877-946-7747 American Regent, Inc. 1-800-645-1706 Unanticipated Increased Demand Information on Anticipated Availability for Syringes (PDF – 15KB) American Regent, Inc. currently has Calcium Chloride Injection, USP 100 mg/mL in a 10 mL vial available. Due to increases in demand, American Regent, Inc. may not be able to fill all orders. Contact your wholesaler regarding product availability. Calcium chloride can be replaced by calcium gluconate, which is one third as strong as calcium chloride. Drug Name Company Information Reason for Shortage Related Information Dextrose 50% injection updated 7/13/2010 Hospira Inc. 1-877-946-7747 Unanticipated Increased Demand Information on Anticipated Availability (PDF – 18KB) Dextrose 50% can be, and should be replaced with Dextrose 10%. The studies of the use of 10% Dextrose, rather than 50% dextrose, for acute hypoglycemia make it clear that 10 Dextrose is no less effective, but is less likely to cause complications

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