Local Anesthesia Shortages-Adapting to a New Way of Life

Over the past several months, there have been increasing numbers of medication shortages throughout North America, exacerbated but not solely caused by Hurricane Maria's effect on the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry on the island of Puerto Rico. Medication shortages are affecting health c...

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Published inArchives of facial plastic surgery Vol. 20; no. 5; p. 430
Main Authors Carniol, Eric T, Gantous, Andres, Adamson, Peter A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago American Medical Association 01.09.2018
Subjects
Anesthesia
Anesthetics
Bupivacaine
Drugs
Epinephrine
Formulations
Health care
Health care industry
Hurricanes
Lidocaine
Manufacturing industry
Maxillofacial surgery
Pharmaceutical industry
Plastic surgery
Shortages
Surgery
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Summary:Over the past several months, there have been increasing numbers of medication shortages throughout North America, exacerbated but not solely caused by Hurricane Maria's effect on the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry on the island of Puerto Rico. Medication shortages are affecting health care facilities in new ways on a weekly basis without imminent solutions. In particular, within the field of facial plastic and reconstructive surgery, we have noted a shortage in formulations of lidocaine and bupivacaine. We have received various sizes of bottles of these anesthetics in varying concentrations with varying concentrations of epinephrine, further complicating our typical anesthesia protocol.
ISSN:2168-6076
2168-6092