Critical Drug Shortage in the U.S.

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The recent hurricanes in the U.S. produced a critical shortage in a critical drug. IV Fluids.

Mark Hahn and I dove into a critical issue: the drug shortages caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Helene, in particular, inflicted severe damage on a major North Carolina major IV fluids production plant, leaving hospitals to scramble with orally-administered alternatives like Pedialyte and Gatorade in non-critical cases—a stark reminder of the fragility of our medical supply chains.

Hurricane Helene and Drug Shortages

hmm....heard about gatorade being good to use to help replenish electrolytes, but seriously the bad stuff in it outweighs
its benefits ..There are much better powdered electrolyte powders ( to be made into solutions) than Gatorade.
Prolly Gatorade is/ was cheaper .
But this problem in our medical supply chains , for the common people has bever been addressed in my memory in this country..