[d136o]

Are there any chemical precursors these drugs all have in common that could have been exhausted by something else that is more important to manufacture?

Alternatively is supply being commandeered somehow?

So much weird stuff is happening with supply chains that it feels like the US is purposefully being squeezed.

[nebula8804]

Well can we quantify how conditions are faring in other countries across a host of industries? I've been hearing energy and food prices are through the roof in the UK much worse than the US. Not sure how true it is today but we would need some one to one comparison to see if the US is specifically being squeezed. Its not out of the realm: Biden has pissed off a lot of people from the Saudis, to the Chinese.

[MandieD]

I’ve sometimes had to go to multiple pharmacies over the last few years to fill various “common” prescriptions in Germany, and even once accepted a different drug at a pharmacist’s suggestion - German pharmacists have a lot of discretion.

It’s not just the US.

[throwawaymobule]

It's slightly worse in the US, since dispensing generics instead of what's literally prescribed is illegal.