Coloradans should prepare for shortages of common antibiotics and psychiatric medications to last into the new year and take steps to find replacements if needed, a pharmacist said.
, ranging from an asthma drug to vials of sterile water at certain sizes. The ones that affect the most people are shortages of Adderall, which treats attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and the antibiotic amoxicillin, said Dr. Kelsey Schwander, a clinical pharmacist at the University of Colorado Anschutz medical campus.
Both drugs have reasonable alternatives, but not all medications in the same class work equally well for all people, Schwander said. Still, it’s better to have a planned switch to a different drug or different dosing plan than to run out of medication unexpectedly, she said. In the case of Adderall and its generic equivalents, some dose sizes remain available, while others are backordered,. Some other types of amphetamines don’t have a shortage, so doctors may advise their patients to switch if they can’t get the drug they typically used.
People who know they will need Adderall or other stimulant drugs on a regular basis would do well to set up automatic refills with their pharmacy, so it can anticipate the need and reach out if there’s a supply problem, Schwander said. If you don’t have automated refills, it’s a good idea to reach out to the pharmacy when you have about four days’ worth of medication left, so you have time to check with other pharmacies or to call your doctor if a switch is necessary, she said.
“It’s a controlled substance, so it’s a little more complicated to switch” than with some drugs, she said. “Doing it the day before, the day of , you’re probably not going to walk away with a different medication.”
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