In a “Special Report,” Reuters (6/9, Girion, Levine, Respaut) examines how the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated a shortage of injectable opioids, which are regularly used in hospitals to treat patients on ventilators. Reuters adds that while the abundance of some types of opioids fueled the opioid crisis, “hospitals faced chronic shortages of the same painkillers in injectable form – narcotics vital to patients on breathing machines.” Reuters examines the contributing factors that led to a shortage of the opioids needed by hospitals including market forces and supply chain issues.
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