Friday, September 23, 2011

AP IMPACT: Hospital drug shortages deadly, costly (AP)

In this Aug. 29, 2011 photo, Erin Fox, manager of the Drug Information Service at the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, stands by a board listing drugs in short supply. At hospitals across the country, 'scoring drugs' has taken on a new meaning. Hundreds admit buying medicines at exorbitant prices from 'gray market' dealers taking advantage of, and possibly exacerbating, a record shortage of life-saving prescription medicines. (AP Photo/Jim Urquhart)AP - A drug for dangerously high blood pressure, normally priced at $25.90 per dose, offered to hospitals for $1,200. Fifteen deaths in 15 months blamed on shortages of life-saving medications.


Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110923/ap_on_he_me/us_hospitals_drug_shortages

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