Take two minutes to make a difference - you may have heard that several cancer fighting drugs are in short supply. Georgia received three chemotherapies that are on the shortage list, I cannot imagine being told that the drugs she needed existed but we couldn't get them.. families are starting to hear this message.
From ABC news: "Limited manufacturing, lagging production time, and lack of profits from these drugs contribute to the shortages. The production costs for some drugs can outweigh the money that companies can make from them, since many drugs now have cheaper generic alternatives. So manufacturers stop making the drugs."
We have several friends that still need these chemotherapies to complete treatment or keep their leukemia under control. The folks at Children's hospital are encouraging people to "write their senators and encourage these older (non-sexy, not making lots of money for drug companies) but very effective drugs to still be made."
I found out last week that IV morphine is on the shortage list, there is a little girl who was recently sent home to die and she can't get IV morphine, she instead was given an oral dose that is less effective.
Do this, it will make a difference.
http://www.lls.org/waystohelp/advocate/
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