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Emily Olson

It's not just Adderall: The number of drugs in short supply rose by 30% last year

Children's flu medication was hard to come by in December 2022 as a wave of respiratory viruses spread across the country. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

It's not just your imagination: Drugs such as children's flu medication, common antibiotics and ADHD treatments are getting harder to buy, according to a Senate report published Wednesday.

Democrats on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee say the number of new drug shortages rose by 30% between 2021 and 2022, an increase that has had "devastating consequences" for patients and doctors.

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