And Now We Have A Lidocaine Shortage

Things just keep getting better in the #BidenEconomy. Hey, at least he’s not saying he first read about it in the news, like Obama always did. Of course, Biden’s not saying much of anything

NC hospitals adjust during shortage of painkiller lidocaine

The COVID lockdown in Shanghai is impacting some medical procedures here in the United States. China is one of the world’s largest producers of CAT scan dye. A supply chain shortage of the dye and of the painkiller lidocaine is forcing hospitals across the country to conserve their supply.

Lidocaine has been around for years. Just about every doctor who performs surgery uses it. Pfizer is a big producer of the drug, but supply chain issues have limited supply, causing hospitals to make some medical adjustments.

Lidocaine works as a local anesthetic, which prevents pain by blocking signals on the skin’s nerve endings. Some dentists, for example, use lidocaine to help numb a patient’s mouth and gums before a procedure. Some over-the-counter medications with lidocaine, such as lidocaine wipes, have been harder to find in some pharmacies.

“It’s just a super-basic rub. It’d be like McDonalds running out of cheeseburgers, basically,” said a doctor who didn’t want to be identified. He says he’s already had to cancel surgeries because he can’t get his hands on lidocaine. (snip)

“It might delay elective procedures, for example, at dental offices. A lot of times those are more elective procedures, outpatient surgery centers. If it because hard to find you might have to delay cases,” says Chris Tart, president of Highsmith Rainey Specialty Hospital.

Joe will get right on this once someone tells him about it…well, after he hits the beach for the weekend. In fairness, the primary recipient for the blame is China, for screwing around with coronaviruses. And Fauci and the NIH for funding the gain of function research in Wuhan. But, this is politics, and you know if all these things, like baby formula, feminine hygeine products, and now licocaine and CAT scan dye, were in shortage and Trump was still president the Democrats and their media Comrades would be demanding to know what he is doing about it, why didn’t he stop this before, and straight up blame.

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