Antibiotic Shortage

Shortage of Intravenous Penicillin G Reported

Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, November 15th, 1999

A shortage of one type of intravenous penicillin, which began in Spring 1999, has worsened, sparking the government to urge doctors to use remaining supplies carefully.

But the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said there is no need for panic: intravenous penicillin G is the preferred therapy for only a handful of rare infections. Even for those, other types of penicillin or newer antibiotics are successful treatments.

The shortage began in June 1999, when Marsam Pharmaceuticals recalled its IV penicillin G supplies and quit manufacturing. An FDA inspection had cited serious manufacturing deficiencies that it said raised questions about the...

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