Drug Shortages

[George K]

https://www.goodrx.com/blog/covid-19-drug-shortages-updates/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid.com&utm_campaign=pronewsletter_48-covid-19-4-1&utm_content=ret

The ones underlined in red are sedatives/hypnotics.
The ones underlined in green are cardiovascular drugs - to keep BP up
The ones underline in blue are muscle relaxants - they paralyze you

[jon-nyc]

Yeah, Nikolas Chistakis was tweeting about this a while back

Here’s a good site to be aware of:

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/drugshortages/default.cfm

[Jolly]

How are going to start back doing electives without proper drugs?

[Mik]

Why is propofol is short supply? It's short acting. I would not think it terribly useful in sedating intubated patients. George?

[George K]

@Mik said in Drug Shortages:

Why is propofol is short supply? It's short acting. I would not think it terribly useful in sedating intubated patients. George?

Very useful - when given by infusion. You through gallons of the stuff.