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Shortage of antipsychotic medication [quetiapine/Seroquel] leaves mental health patients in limbo (www.abc.net.au)

submitted 1 month ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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In short:

An antipsychotic medication often prescribed to people with schizophrenia or bipolar is in short supply.

Pharmacists and doctors have told the ABC they were not made aware of supply issues until the issue was raised by patients who could not find refills.

What's next?

The TGA says shortages are expected to be resolved in a few months and in the meantime, people can try and source other generic versions instead.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

It is a supply chain issue not increased demand and it is not just Seroquel but a huge variety of medications as I said in another comment.

I don't understand the issue in enough depth but I've had discussions with people who do and who think increased local manufacturing is the only way of addressing this. What's more a government owned pharma corp mandated to ensure steady supply of off-patent essential meds could probably be run at a profit.