Pharmaceuticals, Pfizer, warns that the supply of Visilin Los Angeles, a long -term injection of antibiotics, is expected to be low..
This news -the latest twist of drug shortages that began in 2023- July 10 recall Certain corruption LA, which has been found to be contaminated with floating particles. Pfizer said he did not receive a report on side effects related to recalled shots.
“We confirm the root cause of the stopper supplied from an external supplier and implement appropriate correction and preventive measures.”
Benzathine Penicillin G, sold as a bicillin, is used to treat many common bacterial infections, such as Strep Throat in adults and children. One shot can last for up to two weeks, so it is especially helpful for those who can’t swallow or remember pills. In most cases, however, if the shot cannot be used, the doctor can switch to the same alternative as the antibiotic poison cycline.
But Benzathine Penicillin G is the only product approved and recommended to treat sexually transmitted infections during pregnancy. If the infection is caught early, a single injection can prevent infection from spreading to newborns.
Without treatment, syphilis during pregnancy can cause legacy and stillbirth. It can be fatal to infants. Syphilis can also cause not only the malformations of bones and teeth, but also the baby’s eyesight and hearing problems.
As the syphilis of adults rose, more babies were infected. Over the past 10 years, the percentage of congenital syphilis is from 335 in 2012 in 2012. More than 3,800 in 2023According to To data In the US Disease Control and Prevention Center.
Dr. Jeffrey Klausner, a professor of clinical population and public health science at Keck School of Medicine at Southern California University, said, “We are in the middle of the congenital syphilis crisis and demand an emergency declaration for congenital syphilis for years. I threaten to make it bad. ”
This shot was a key part of the strategy used to suppress the rate of congenital syphilis in some states.
Too many pregnant women who are infected with syphilis have not made the basic primary care New Mexico and Minnesota Test all pregnant women for syphilis whenever they appear in various stages of pregnancy and emergency rooms or emergency treatment clinics.
After the initial positive test, the provider is recommended to treat pregnancy patients with a long -term penicillin gun in the same visit without waiting for the second verification test results.
These pushes for one -stop tests and treatment have already been affected.
“Through the latest data release, we saw the slower the rate, the result of the efforts that brought about the recognition of controlling syphilis and congenital syphilis, the official said.
Bicillin LA was most recently lacking in 2023. During that period, the US Food and Drug Administration was able to import Lentocilin, a French drug called EXTENCILLILINE, from the French drug, Portugal, and imported by entrepreneur MARK CUBAN’s cost plus drugs. These imports are continuously approved.
Erin Fox, vice president of the University of Utah Health, said the drugs of these drugs are difficult to use.
“It is very difficult to use imported products in the health system,” she said. Bar coding for the drug is not recognized in most hospital systems, and there may be differences in the mixing and dilution of the product, which can be confusing.
Her hospital deals with tribes by cautious about someone who gets a Bicillin shot. There was no need to use imported products yet.
There is a pfizer We are also trying to increase supply. The company focused on creating adult dose in 2023 to stop delivering pediatric capacity and to prioritize the supply priorities of pregnant women. According to FDA’s drug shortage websitePfizer expects to provide pediatric dose in October.
Now a company I advised the customer It will provide an update for Bicillin supply by mid -August. Pfizer said it will distribute the available supplies until the inventory is fully recovered. Providers must prepare a medical request form and the company sends consumables for each patient.
Sterilized products such as Bicillin have more complex manufacturing processes than pills and are especially vulnerable to lack of quality control problems. In this case, Pfizer is the only Bicillin supplier in the United States.
STD Director’s Non -Profit National Union He said he is collecting information from members to understand how extensive the influence of the recall is.
One of the committees met on Monday, and all participants were in the process of returning the dosage of parliament to pure. Elizabeth Finley, head of the organization’s communication and program, said, “One week has returned about 800 vials.
Klausner said, “We have a small remedy for about a year in terms of steady supply, and now it is only the perfect next to this teeth and threatens the ability to prevent and control syphilis.”
CDC posted before Recommendation While caring for syphilis patients Lack, but the information was withdrawn later. Fox, who investigated the lack of drugs of the Pharmaceutical Association of the Health Systems Association, said he asked the agency to post it again, but he did not receive a response.
CDC employees, who are working on syphilis control, have recently been hit hard by the dismissal of the government, but in June, about 200 were restored. Federal funds also interfered with state and regional efforts to control sexually transmitted disease infections.
FDA has been updated Drug shortage page With a link to Pfizer’s recent guidelines But it was not posted Pfizer’s recall presentation.
The US Department of Health and Welfare spokesman mentioned questions about the recall and potential supply issues for Pfizer.
An official of CDC said, “We are fearing that the funds for national and local STD programs will be cut and the test on syphilis will begin to decrease.” “Reduction of Medicaid and Medicare and other programs will be fatal for syphilis control.”
