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>Texas Medical Board Update and Links 

>February 24, 2012 

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> Drug shortage information

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>Recently, a Texas physician related a situation in which doctors had to resort

to the use of expired emergency resuscitation drugs. Would the Texas Medical

Board consider the use of expired drugs a violation of the standard of care?

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>The short answer is, if TMB investigates a complaint involving expired drugs,

it will consider the drug shortage as well as storage conditions in making a

determination.

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>Texas physicians across all specialties are coping with widespread drug

shortages. A shortage of an important leukemia drug is making headlines now.

Manufacturing delays, scarcity of raw materials, increased demand contribute to

the problem. According to the National Cancer Institute, the trend is expected

to worsen.

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>Most of what is known about drug expiration dates comes from a study conducted

by the Food and Drug Administration at the request of the military. With a large

and expensive stockpile of drugs, the military faced tossing out and replacing

its drugs every few years. What they found from the study is many of the drugs,

both prescription and over-the-counter, were good to use years after the

expiration date. But the key was proper storage. 

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>The U.S. Food and Drug Administration maintains an extensive website devoted to

the issue. For more information, visit

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American Society of Health-System Pharmacists also has a useful list:

 http://www.ashp.org/DrugShortages/Current/  

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>To read past news releases, updates and past issues of the TMB Bulletin, please

visit this page:

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