Hydrocodone in short supply for those who need it for pain

SECURITY TO TRY TO PREVENT

FUTURE INCIDENTS LIKE THIS.

MANY PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS

HAVE BEEN IN SHORT SUPPLY THIS

YEAR. ONE GROUP WHO MONITORS

THE SHORTAGES SAYS MORE AND

MORE STORES ARE HAVING TROUBLE

KEEPING DRUGS IN STOCK AS WRAL.

SHELLEY JACKSON REPORTS ONE

LOCAL COUPLE CAN ACCESS AND

NEEDED PAIN KILLER.

JASON DANNY MURPHY BILDT THE

RETIREMENT HOME HERE ON CAR.

LIKE 15 YEARS AGO.

>> BUT ARTHRITIS AND SEVERAL

SURGERIES HAS LEFT A COUPLE

UNABLE TO FULLY ENJOY THEIR

LITTLE SLICE OF PARADISE.

>> FOR JOYCE MURPHY,

OSTEOARTHRITIS CAN MAKE SIMPLE

HOUSEKEEPING TASKS LIKE RUNNING

THE VACUUM.

>> EXCRUCIATING A PAIR OF 3

BACK SURGERIES. I HAD THE LEFT

SHOULDER IS GONE IN MAY.

AND I JUST RECENTLY HAD MY

RIGHT ONE DONE ABOUT A MONTH

AGO. HER HUSBAND, DANNY, ALSO

STRUGGLES WITH HEALTH ISSUES.

BOTH TAKE HYDROCODONE TO DEAL

WITH THE PAIN AND MAKES LIFE

BEARABLE. I'M ABLE TO FUNCTION

WHEN DANNY MURPHY WENT TO FILL

HIS PRESCRIPTIONS SATURDAY, HE

WAS TOLD THE PHARMACY WAS OUT.

SO HE WAS WITHOUT SUNDAY.

>> AND I JUST THAT'S PRETTY

TOUGH CALL WHEN YOU TAKE IT

3 TIMES AND I STEVE ADKINS, WHO

OWNS HEALTH PARK PHARMACY, SAYS

MANY MEDICATIONS ARE IN SHORT

SUPPLY UNDER KOETTER RIGHT NOW

SEEMS TO BE ONE THAT.

>> WE'RE SEEING QUITE A FEW

OXYCODONE IS. WELL, JAY

CAMPBELL EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA BOARD

OF PHARMACY SAYS HE ISN'T SURE

WHAT'S BEHIND THE SHORTAGE, BUT

THERE ARE A 5.

>> MANUFACTURERS OF HYDRA

CODEINE

REPORTING.

>> MOST OF THOSE MANUFACTURERS

DO NOT GIVE A REASON FOR THE

SHORTAGE. THE AMERICAN SOCIETY

OF HEALTHY SYSTEMS, PHARMACISTS

LIST. 33 DIFFERENT FORMS OF

HYDRO COTTO ON THE SHORTAGE

LIST.

>> ATKINS, THANKS. FEDERAL

POLICIES COULD BE BEHIND.

IT APPEARS THE DEPARTMENT OF

JUSTICES.

>> AND TRYING TO PEOPLE USED

TO SORT CONTINUALLY INCREASE

DECREASE IN MOUNT OF PRODUCT

RED PRODUCTS. THEY WILL HAVE

THE PROCESS AND MEDICATION AND

UNITED STATES WRAL HAS REACHED

OUT TO THE DOJ FOR COMMENT.

>> WE HAVE NOT HEARD BACK.

BUT UNDER THE TRUMP

ADMINISTRATION, THERE WAS A

PROPOSAL TO CUT NATIONWIDE

OPIOID PRESCRIPTIONS, WHATEVER

IS BEHIND THE SHORTAGE. JOYCE,

HOPE SHE'LL BE ABLE TO FILL

HER PRESCRIPTION THIS WEEK.

THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE

SEEN THIS IN ALL THE YEARS THAT

WE'VE BEEN TAKING THIS, THAT IT

WOULD BE SUCH A HARD THING TO

GET YOUR HANDS ON. SHIRLEY