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Ritalin Shortage

Wednesday, February 15 on CB S4 at 11 PM - shortages of drugs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) have patients and their families on a hunt for pharmacies that have those drugs in stock. According to data provided by IMS Health, the shortages affect drugs that generated a combined 24.2 million prescriptions in 2010. As Cynthia Demos reveals,  this is not really a medical issue, but more of a political problem instead.

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