Political Quotes

“I rise today to call attention to a very serious issue and potential crisis that seems to be unfolding right under our eyes and under the radar. Right now, many, many communities across our country are facing a huge shortage of children's painkillers, like Children's Tylenol, and antibiotics, like amoxicillin. We are in the middle of flu season and in an unusually bad year for RSV, a virus that can be especially tough on young children. As parents head to pharmacies to get medicines to help their sick kids and to make them feel better, they are seeing very empty shelves across our country. My staff is hearing from folks daily about the problems that they are seeing trying to find these medicines, both over-the-counter and prescription. David, a pharmacist from Andalusia, AL, told that ``currently [they] cannot order multiple antibiotics commonly used for pediatric patients, including amoxicillin.'' He is also unable to order pain medicine like Tylenol and Advil. It is not available. You can't even order it, much less get it. David was told by his wholesaler that the supply of medication simply does not exist, as we speak--and this is in the middle of a very serious flu and cold season all throughout our country. Another pharmacist, Dennis from Opelika, AL, faces the same problem and described the potentially dire nature of the shortage.…”