Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Aug 2022
Panicked patients as popular medications get wiped from pharmacy shelves
4 August 2022 - Widely used medications — including one used to treat ADHD — are missing from Australian shelves amid a major supply chain crunch.
Families are struggling to get their hands on Ritalin, a stimulant drug used for the attention disorder — an illness that has been on a sharp rise in the past decade.
The drug scarcity comes as the Therapeutic Good Administration reported a shortage of several popular medications, including antidepressants, high-blood pressure medication and drugs to treat asthma and clotting.
