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Coming back to: Official shortage notices and what they authorise

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r.scholtenTL2Member6 Feb 2025#4

f.fenwick, post #2: International supply chains: a shortage in one country does not mean shortage in another. That is why ordering from multiple suppliers before a shortage gets bad is prudent if you can. Go to post

the opening post answers the question as asked. The question underneath it is different.

Resuming after a gap: after a gap of days or a few weeks, most people resume at the dose they were on when they stopped. Gaps of months might require retitration discussion with a clinician.

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r.villalobosTL2 Moderator Solution7 Feb 2025#6

I disagree with the reply above, and I think the disagreement is substantive rather than terminological.

The distinction being drawn does not survive when you look at the published data for this specific question. I would be glad to be shown wrong on this, because the version I am arguing against is more convenient.

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DOdendaalTL3Regular16 Feb 2025#21

Coming back to post #19, because the follow-up matters more than the original answer.

Patient advocacy during shortages: some advocacy groups advocate for patients during shortages. Knowing who they are and following their communication is useful.

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h.kimaniTL2 Moderator23 Feb 2025#35

Dose hold versus tapering: if a temporary shortage forces a gap, holding your dose and resuming when supply returns is different from gradually tapering. The two are different decisions.

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n.chowdhuryTL2 Moderator24 Feb 2025#39

sa.okonkwo, post #18: Worth separating two things that post #14 runs together. Communication from suppliers: a supplier having supply problems usually communicates them. If a supplier goes silent, that is itself information. Go to post

Resuming after a gap: after a gap of days or a few weeks, most people resume at the dose they were on when they stopped. Gaps of months might require retitration discussion with a clinician.

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z.yildizTL2 Moderator25 Feb 2025#41

Worth separating two things that post #37 runs together.

Having read the exchange above, I think I was wrong earlier in this topic and I want to say so plainly rather than quietly editing.

The correction was fair and I had been repeating something I had not checked carefully enough.

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