Jack Iwashyna 🫁

ok, more #JohnsHopkins #RaviGupta on #DrugInsanity #pharma

"The FDA estimated that approximately 2% of all prescriptions dispensed in the United States in 2006 may have been for drug products lacking FDA approval"

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28944731/

Including things like #hydrocodone and #SublingualNitroglycerine

Where's #Twitterx #Pharmastodon at?

The FDA Unapproved Drugs Initiative: An Observational Study of the Consequences for Drug Prices and Shortages in the United States - PubMed

This project was not supported by any external grants or funds. Gupta was supported by the Yale University School of Medicine Office of Student Research at the time of this study. Dhruva is supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs as part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar …

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Show threadJack Iwashyna 🫁Nov 21, 2022

#RaviGupta pointing out there is a #DrugShortage #Database

"U.S. Drug Shortages
We used the University of Utah’s Drug Information Service drug shortage database from January 1, 2004, to December 31, 2015. A shortage is defined as a supply issue that affects how a pharmacy prepares or dispenses a drug product that influences patient care when prescribers must use an alternative agent.26...

Show threadJack Iwashyna 🫁Nov 21, 2022

...The Drug Information Service receives voluntary reports of drug shortages, which are confirmed by clinical pharmacists, who contact all manufacturers of a reported drug to determine if there is a national shortage. A shortage is considered resolved when all manufacturers have all drug products available, have discontinued their products, or the FDA reports on its website that the shortage has been resolved.27"

I love this man's capacity to bring clever existing data sources into #HSR