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A recall of a drug used to treat critically ill patients has prompted some Canadian health authorities to begin rationing it for only the most serious cases.

Sodium bicarbonate is used to combat buildup of acid in the blood, in open heart surgery, as an antidote to certain poisons, in cases of organ failure, and in some types of cancer chemotherapy.

The company announced it was recalling two lots of vials of the drug due to the potential for microbial contamination, reducing the Alberta supply to just six to seven days.

The global supply of the vials has been tight since late May due to manufacturing delays.

Health Canada says it is working closely with the company, the provinces and territories as well as other partners and stakeholders to reduce the impact of the shortage on Canadian patients.

There are two injectable sodium bicarbonate drugs authorized in Canada, both supplied by Pfizer  vial format and pre-filled syringes. The recall does not affect the pre-filled syringe format.  Just a thought.

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The first few decisions made by the president gave tremendous optimism to the business communities.. Reducing many of the regulation that impeded the progress in many areas and or reducing the cost of conducting business.

It started with the talk about Obama care and the desire of this administration to adjust it.  Also the EPA rules and regulation which put restrictions on business expansion is looked at for adjustment.

We didn't start a new war, nor marched our troops some where just because we are against the Russians.

Finally, the hate that the Media showed Trump makes many just sticks with this administration regardless of what story comes out by the Media. It is not about Trump is getting a pass on everything, its about the low quality, self-serving Media that tends to care about its own flow of money as a priority.   Just a thought.

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When Anthony Scaramucci let loose with an X-rated diatribe to a reporter from The New Yorker, he amazed and amused a nation already feeling somewhat punch-drunk from a succession of President Trump’s tirades. Scaramucci promptly dominated the cable news programs and gave late-night talk-show hosts juicy material to boot. And then, suddenly, he was gone.

The pundits missed the real lasting impact of the shoot-from-the-hip vulgarity of Trump's swaggering "Mini-Me." The president’s verbal hit man scored a decisive victory in the administration’s drive to make America crass.

Scaramucci lowered the bar just a little more on our culture’s accepted standards of civility, just as Trump did during his presidential campaign when a television clip revealed him to brag about how he could grab women in private places and get away with it.

The proof is in the media. The New Yorker kicked off the free-for-all by publishing his remarks verbatim, no asterisks or trigger warnings. So did The Washington Post, Buzzfeed and even the sacred New York Times, the Good Gray Lady that often sets standards for the industry. It’s clear we are already living in a brave new world. In 14 years at the New York Post and New York Daily News combined, tweeted New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, “I don’t think I ever (had) a byline over a word rhyming w clock.

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