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 App users can identify current drug shortages, resolved shortages,
and drug discontinuations. Drug shortages can delay or deny patient
care and known shortages may lead doctors to rely on alternatives
that may be riskier or less effective.
The app is available at Google Play for Android devices (http://bit.ly/1wVpblF)
and at iTunes for Apple devices (http://apple.co/18PDRgN).
“The FDA understands that health care professionals and pharmacists
need real-time information about drug shortages to make treatment
decisions,” Valerie Jensen, associate director of the Drug Shortage
Staff in the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, said in
a news release.
App users can browse using a drug’s generic name or active
ingredient, or by therapeutic category. Users can also report a
suspected drug shortage or other issue to the FDA.
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