News - Govt publishes guidelines for fluoxetine shortages

[Eska]

https://www.pharmaceutical-journal.c...207142.article

... Yay Brexit.

(They expect it to be resolved by December. 10, 30 and 40mg doses are affected by they have alternatives to get around them.)

[one_step_closer]

I heard about this. Kind of scary. Does that mean that 20mg doses aren't affected? Sounds a bit strange.

[Eska]

It sounds like it. I guess that’s because it’s the most common dose, and so they have a greater supply of them? Though their solution to the shortage of 40mg is to give people 2 x 20mg, so I imagine there could be a knock on effect