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Risk of Shortage of Infusion Fluids

The medical technology company Baxter has been forced to close a factory in the USA after Hurricane Helene. This can lead to a global shortage of fluids for infusion, warns the Swedish Medical Products Agency.

Risk of Shortage of Infusion Fluids

Almost 1,000 calls about laughing gas this year

The number of calls about laughing gas to the Poison Information Centre is approaching 1,000 this year – at the same time as Halloween is approaching. .

Almost 1,000 calls about laughing gas this year

Access to Critical Healthcare Products Strengthened

The Medical Products Agency and the National Board of Health and Welfare have been tasked by the government to strengthen the availability of particularly critical healthcare products through so-called manufacturing preparedness. The task includes, among other things, that the Medical Products Agency will map the Swedish pharmaceutical production.

Access to Critical Healthcare Products Strengthened

Hair loss medications suspected to increase suicidal thoughts

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has initiated an investigation into two medicines that are used, among other things, to treat hair loss, reports the Medical Products Agency in a [press release](https://www. lakemedelsverket.

Hair loss medications suspected to increase suicidal thoughts

Doctors' use of AI - "risk to patients"

Despite many doctors using AI as a tool in their profession, only 6 per cent feel that their employer has guidelines for how it should be used. This emerges from a survey conducted by the Swedish Medical Association.

Doctors' use of AI - "risk to patients"

Warning about illegal purchase of "weight loss medication"

The illegal sale of the diabetes medication Ozempic, where the active substance semaglutide has also proven to be very effective for weight loss, is flourishing, according to the Medical Products Agency. The authority is simultaneously warning of the consequences of buying the medicine in ways other than at pharmacies.

Warning about illegal purchase of "weight loss medication"

Plant drugs are pouring in – Customs Agency can only watch

Cultivation boxes for hallucinogenic mushrooms and tons of plant parts that can be used to get high pass the border to Sweden completely legally every year. The drugs are sold openly on the internet and in stores, and at the border, the Customs Service can only look on – since the products are not illegal in the form they are delivered.

Plant drugs are pouring in – Customs Agency can only watch