Hospitals across the U.S. face shortages of the drug albuterol, used to treat respiratory illnesses. Shortages of the drug albuterol, used to treat asthma and other respiratory illnesses, are expected to worsen after one of the only two U.S. makers of the drug has shut down. Hospitals had been facing a shortage of the drug, used to treat patients for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza and COVID-19 symptoms. The Food and Drug Administration has been monitoring a shortage of albuterol sulfate inhalational solution since Oct. 25, 2022. What does the drug albuterol do?

Source: CNN March 09, 2023 20:13 UTC