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LETTER: Lack of medicine is a bitter pill to swallow

'Why is this acceptable?' asks letter writer who hasn't been able to get prescription medicine
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Why is there a lack of medicine in Orillia?

This is the second month now where my prescription cough medicine is unavailable. On back order is the standard answer. Why is this acceptable?

I have a severe case of lung scarring and need this medicine. I was lucky enough to find a pharmacist who gave me what little he had last month. There seems to be a severe lack of substitutes as well.

This is unacceptable and I would like to know why we Ontarians have only one supplier. The baby Tylenol shortage is another failure by this government to protect its citizens.

Please manufacture in quantities to sustain the populace, and if not, why not?

Brenda Bate
Orillia