EDWARD TENNER IN THE ATLANTIC: Why Society Is Running Out Of Vital Medications.

We need to shift from Just-In-Time to Just-In-Case.

UPDATE: Reader Brian Erst writes: “It’s happened to me lately. Two of the last three medications I needed were not just unavailable at my local Walgreen’s, but unavailable period. Fortunately, there were alternatives, but I’ve still got a cough I can’t seem to shake and I have to wonder if the medication my doctor actually wanted me to take might have cleared it up. And these are not exotic medications – very mainstream antibiotics and steroid packs.”