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How drug shortages can make or break a patient's recovery
CBSN
As more than 300 medicines are in short supply, including treatments for the side-effects of chemotherapy, pharmacists are sounding the alarm and spreading awarness for how these shortages can impact a patient's recovery.
Kristin Zastoupil and her now 16-year-old son, Bryton, are on the other side of what she calls his scary battle with leukemia.
"You almost don't feel like you're in the room and it becomes kind of this surreal nightmare," Zastoupil said.
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