Methylphenidate for ADHD, benzbromarone for gout and clobazam for anxiety and epilepsy. There has been a regular shortage of these types of medicines in recent times. But it also concerns more ‘ordinary’ medication, such as antibiotics. Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections, such as lung and eye infections. It was a breakthrough in medical science when it was invented and has been an integral part of today’s healthcare since then.
Not only patients, but also GPs suffer from medicine shortage: ‘This should not happen in the Netherlands’
