Ontario pharmacist sounds alarm on drug shortages

‘We’re running blind’: Ontario pharmacist sounds alarm on drug shortages

It has been a frustrating few weeks for Kyro Maseh behind the counter of his Beaches pharmacy. Patients are showing up with prescriptions for common drugs to treat glaucoma, post-surgery pain, and heart burn. Those medications are backordered and in many cases the alternatives are hard to come by with no clear answers about when stock will return to normal.