Patient rations heart medication as supply issues biteSCOTT HAMMOND/Stuff.co.nz Poswillo's Pharmacy manager,Brian Powell is concerned about a shortage of medicines that have resulted in medicines being rationed and in some cases,switched. O'Malley could not recall another medicine shortage of the same nature and length during his 40 years as a pharmacist. FAIRFAX NZ Poswillo's Pharmacy manager Brian Powell is concerned about a shortage of the heart medicine Metoprolol. A shortage in a commonly prescribed heart medication is causing some patients to take the wrong dosage, a pharmacy support group says. AFT Pharmaceuticals chief executive Hartley Atkinson said there was a global issue with the supply of Metoprolol.

Source: Stuff June 22, 2016 08:06 UTC