Shortages of prescription drugs occurring more frequently
Shortages of various prescription drugs are occurring more frequently, but doctors and patients have no way of knowing when a medication will be unavailable because pharmaceutical companies aren't required to publicly report gaps in supply.
Massachusetts residents turned in more than 4 tons of prescription drugs over the weekend under a program intended to get unused drugs that could be abused out of people's medicine cabinets, the US Drug Enforcement Administration said today.