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How Drug Shortages Are Delaying Treatment and Endangering Patients

Posted by: Alan Burity Vitulo in: Health and Medicine

7 Dec | 13:57 PM | 0

Drug shortages are delaying critical treatments, increasing medical errors, and forcing patients to skip doses. Learn how this crisis impacts care, who’s most at risk, and what you can do.

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Drug shortages are delaying critical treatments, increasing medical errors, and forcing patients to skip doses. Learn how this crisis impacts care, who’s most at risk, and what you can do.

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How Drug Shortages Are Delaying Treatment and Endangering Patients

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