var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ “div”: “Brid_93521792”, “obj”: {“id”:”21403″,”stats”:{“wp”:1},”title”:”Prescription drug shortages reaching record highs nationwide”,”video”:”1396172″,”width”:”16″,”height”:”9″}}); FORT MYERS, Fla. — Prescription drug shortages are
nearing record levels across the nation, and the shortages are being felt by pharmacies and hospitals locally. Among the drugs in short supply right now is amoxic
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llin for children, a drug used since 1974 in the U.S. is now so hard to find. The Fort Myers Prescription Shop, like many pharmac
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es around Southwest Florida, is seeing a big shortage of certain medicines. In fact, many customers who walk through the door are being told their medicine is
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