Medicine shortages

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A warning from pharmacists that the shortage of certain medicines in the Republic poses a significant risk to patient health cannot be ignored. Results from a recent survey of pharmacists carried out by the Irish Pharmaceutical Union (IPU) confirm the problem is a nationwide one. Over half of those surveyed believe the health of their patients has been adversely affected by medicine shortages.

This inability to source prescribed medications is not new. In 2012, the then president of the IPU told its annual conference that pharmacists and patients had been distressed by medicine shortages. The latest example is the shortage of Eltroxin, a drug used to treat thyroid problems, a common disorder. It is not acceptable in this day and age that the health of some patients is compromised due to a shortage of medicines, Rory O Donnell said.

It is unacceptable to find the thyroid hormone replacement drug is also on the latest list of medicines in short supply. Eltroxin is widely prescribed for people with an underactive thyroid. It is an essential medicine that replaces a hormone the body no longer manufactures. Once diagnosed with hypothyroidism, the patient can expect to take Eltroxin for the rest of their lives. Left without the drug for a number of weeks, people are at risk of cardiac and psychological problems that may require hospital admission.

The most recent list of medicines in short supply includes Epilim, a drug used to treat epilepsy. Levels of the drug in the bloodstream drop quickly if the medication is not taken regularly, leading to a return of seizures. Lyrica, a drug used to treat nerve-induced pain and Cymbalta, an antidepressant, are also difficult to source in Ireland.

A number of possible causes of the supply problem have been mooted. Whatever the reasons, they must be addressed. Ensuring that a definitive solution for the perennial problem with the supply of essential medicines is found is basic preventive health.

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Erica Erwin: Medicine makes for angry cat, exasperated owner

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I love Sammy, but Sammy does not love me.

This might be because he's a cat, generally disdainful and aloof except, magically, at breakfast and dinner times, when he's apt to appear between my legs or under my feet at a moment's notice (whether to get my attention or to make me trip down the stairs is unclear).

It might be because it's Gerry, not me, who buckles under the constant mewing to fill his food bowl.

Lately, it's probably because I'm squirting medicine down his ears.

Our last trip to the vet -- itself an exercise in acrobatics and willpower on everybody's part -- was met with two pieces of bad news: Sammy might need to have several teeth extracted, a condition brought on by his advancing age -- 12, or 62 in crotchety cat years. And he has an ear infection.

The impending tooth extraction is ultimately more concerning, but it's the ear infection that had me groaning. Infection means antibiotics, and antibiotics mean cat wrangling, and cat wrangling means frustration. And Band-Aids.

So far, the process has been everything I suspected it would be and more.

Step 1: Fill two droppers with medicine, ready for a quick and (hopefully) painless (for me) administration into each ear.

Step 2: Find cat, likely hiding behind or under or on top of something just out of reach in an attempt to evade the medicine that will improve his health.

Step 3: Chase and catch cat, trying not to injure self in process. Ignore glare from cat.

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FMU moves forward with new medical school

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FLORENCE, SC (WMBF) - With $15 million secured, models are being made and Florence is forging ahead with plans to build a new medical facility.

The Francis Marion University Health and Sciences Complex will be a 52,000 square-foot building "that will accommodate state of the art nursing medical training - that's just extraordinary, said Dr. Fred Carter, President of FMU. It will be built at the intersection of Irby and West Evans Street.

On Monday, the university unveiled preliminary renderings of what that three-story, L-shaped building will look like.

The front of the building will sit along West Evans, complete with a large outside area for student studies and outdoor activities.

And when the medical school is complete in the fall of 2016 it will complement surrounding buildings in downtown Florence.

The building will celebrate the architecture downtown, and with the old post office across the street, we certainly didn't want a duplication but we were hoping that would play off of that and capture some elements of the old Trust building, and I think we have done a wonderful job, said Ray Reich, Downtown Florence Development Manager.

It's in this new building that students from both Francis Marion University and the University of South Carolina will learn.

University leaders said the health and science complex will help FMU meet the need ofexpanding medical programs.

We have added on to our bachelor of science and nursing program. We have added on master's degree in nurse practice and nurse education. This next year we will add a master's degree in physician's assistance, Carter said.

All of these added degrees and the new health sciences complex started with a need found here in the state of South Carolina.

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