Doctors begin rationing PENICILLIN to 抑制（する） deadly syphilis 疫病／流行性の - as 率s of STD 攻撃する，衝突する 70-year high

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Some doctors have been 軍隊d to ration penicillin まっただ中に an alarming syphilis 疫病／流行性の 広範囲にわたる across the US.?

事例／患者s of the sexually transmitted 病気 have 発射 up more than 2,000 パーセント from 6,862 in 2002 to?203,500 in 2022, and 率s 全国的な are at a 70-year high.

The 状況／情勢 was より悪くするd last spring by a 不足 of a penicillin 発射 which is the first line of 治療 for the STD.

The 不足, which is still 現在進行中の, has gotten so bad that public health 機関s have advised that providers ration the 麻薬 and save it for 妊娠している 患者s because it is the only syphilis 治療 they can 安全に have.

This 条件 can be deadly or lead to deformities in babies born to 感染させるd mothers.?

The two 地図／計画するs show how the 率 of syphilis 事例／患者s has 転換d across the US since 2013

The above graph shows the 率 per 100,000 people for the total number of syphilis 事例／患者s 記録，記録的な／記録するd in the US since the 1940s. It 明らかにする／漏らすs they are starting to tick up again?

But the rationing comes まっただ中に a wider 麻薬 不足 in America, as high numbers of children have been 入院させるd with 冷淡なs and?flu after lockdowns left them more susceptible 予定 to 弱めるd 免疫の systems.?

Penicillin is used to 扱う／治療する 感染s 原因（となる）d by bacteria, such as meningitis, 肺炎, gonorrhea and s yphilis.

In 2021, there were 46.4 million penicillin prescriptions in the US - the 同等（の） of?127,123 a day.

Rationing it could leave thousands of Americans without 治療 for their throat 感染, meningitis and other bacterial 感染s.

Two 抗生物質s are used to 扱う／治療する syphilis, the injectable penicillin and an oral 麻薬 called doxycycline.

The World Health Organization 堅固に recommends 妊娠している women do not take doxycycline because it can lead to bone and teeth deformities in babies.

示す Turrentine, an OB-GYN from Houston, told KFF Health News?that he started seeing （a）忠告の／（n）警報s about the injectable penicillin 不足 in April, 同時に起こる／一致するing with when the 抗生物質 amoxicillin because hard to come by.

Doctors were using penicillin as a 代用品，人, which could have partly 原因（となる）d the 不足, he said.

In 2022, a spike in respiratory illnesses 軍隊d drugstore chains to 一時的に 限界 購入（する）s of fever-減ずるing 薬／医学s for children, which 与える／捧げるd to a 不足 of amoxicillin - a chemically 修正するd penicillin 抗生物質 in tablet form.

Casual 中継s and the '爆発' in 人気 of dating apps like Hinge and?Bumble?have been partly 非難するd for the syphilis 疫病／流行性の.

Two 抗生物質s are used to 扱う／治療する syphilis, the injectable penicillin and an oral 麻薬 called doxycycline

Congenital syphilis occurs when a mother spreads the 病気 to her unborn child, which can lead to birth defects, miscarriages and stillbirths

Some 専門家s have also pointed to a 減少（する） in condom u se の中で American men - almost 30 パーセント since 2011, によれば some 熟考する／考慮するs.

The CDC today 勧めるd doctors to be vigilant?and ask 妊娠している women about syphilis if an 成果／努力 to 抑制（する） the 危機.

専門家s 警告する of STI 疫病／流行性の in RETIREMENT HOMES?

Doctors say they ar e seeing a 殺到する in the number of 患者s in their 60s, 70s and beyond coming into clinics with sexually transmitted 感染s.

宣伝

The 機関 供給するd 推薦s for syphilis 実験（する）ing, 含むing?serologic 実験（する）ing, which checks for the presence of 明確な／細部 antibodies in the 血.

Pfizer, the 製造業者 of Bicillin, a long-事実上の／代理 injectable form of the 抗生物質 penicillin, 特記する／引用するd '重要な 増加するs in 需要・要求する' 予定 to 'an 増加する in syphilis 感染 率s' as an explanation for the 不足 in a June 2023 letter to 顧客s.

Erin Fox, associate 長，指導者 pharmacy officer for the University of Utah health system, told KFF that while penicillin is not a new 麻薬, it is コンビナート／複合体 to make because so many people are allergic to it.

She said: 'That means you can’t make other 麻薬s on that 製造業の line.

'It’s not やむを得ず efficient - or やむを得ず profitable.'

Only pharma 巨大（な）s like Pfizer 所有する the 資源s to 監督する a 専攻するd, separate 施設.?

In a 声明, Pfizer said the 需要・要求する for penicillin 発射s had 増加するd by 概略で 70 パーセント.

But for now, Dr Stephen Miller, a family 薬／医学 内科医 in Chattanooga, Tennessee, said his clinic has been 軍隊d to come up with a 戦略.

Each penicillin 発射 can cost hundreds of dollars. It also has to be 蓄える／店d in the 冷淡な, and 満了する／死ぬs after 48 months.

The 国家の 連合 of STD Directors said the 疫病／流行性の of STDs is 'out of 支配（する）／統制する', and Tennessee has been 特に 不正に 攻撃する，衝突する, with 感染s 率s for the first two 行う／開催する／段階s of syphilis having grown 86 パーセント between 2017 and 2021.

Syphilis is a bacterial 感染 spread 経由で 接触する with sores which usually appear around the pubic area or mouth.

Symptoms appear within three to four weeks of an 感染 and are often not noticed or 解任するd as 穏やかな abrasions or heat 無分別な.

The 病気 can then enter a second 行う／開催する／段階, where the sore disappears and is 取って代わるd with a 無分別な that can last for weeks.

Without 治療, 患者s run the 危険 of the 病気 spreading to the brain and the spinal cord which can 原因（となる） 複雑化s 含むing 頭痛s, 一打／打撃 and meningitis ― or inflammation of the brain's 保護の linings.

Congenital syphilis occurs when a mother spreads the 病気 to her unborn child, which can lead to birth defects, miscarriages and stillbirths.

全国的な, there were 3,755 事例／患者s of congenital syphilis in 2022 - a 10-倍の 増加する from a １０年間 earlier.

From 2018 to 2022, 事例／患者s in babies grew 183 パーセント. A CDC 報告（する）／憶測 from November 非難するd the 増加する on a 欠如（する） of '適する 治療 during pregnancy.'

一方／合間, a 報告（する）／憶測 last month 警告するd that one in five Americans has been 衝撃d by 手足を不自由にする／（物事を）損なうing 麻薬 不足s.

The ripple 影響s of the bevy of 供給（する）-chain problems that 疫病／悩ますd 2022 may still be to 非難する for the 現在の-day 医療の 不足s, the 報告（する）／憶測, by LendingTree 保険 子会社 ValuePenguin.com, 示唆するd.?

The pandemic was also likely a 犯人, 原因（となる）ing historic 拒絶する／低下するs in the 製造業の 産業. Covid has also 増加するd the 需要・要求する for many types of 医薬 and 器具／備品, such as Paxlovid and N95 masks.