Friday, April 8, 2011

Shortages of Cytarabine/ARA-C

I think I mentioned in earlier post that Matt wasn't able to have his fourth consolidation treatment for AML due to shortage of his chemo drug ARA-C.  We praise God that Matt's AML was diagnosed in November and was able to get the treaments he needed.  I can't imagine what families must be facing right now knowing that the one drug with such a high curer/remission rate is not available.  I pray for them.

You can learn more info here about the shortages of ARA-C/Cytarabine.  Here is an article from Houston.  I also found this news video from Phoenix that helps explain.

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