Made In America

It never ceases to amaze me that in this world of almost instantaneous information and a five second news cycle most people do not know how deeply China woven into the fabric of America.

This is a true national emergency!

Antibiotics, which turn life-threatening infections into minor nuisances, are considered the single biggest advance in modern medicine.  But imagine if the supply of antibiotics to the United States was suddenly cut off.

American national security officials are worrying about that scenario as they come to grips with this little understood fact:

The vast majority of key ingredients for drugs that many Americans rely on are manufactured abroad, mostly in China.

According to Rosemary Gibson, author of a book on the subject, China Rx. "If China shut the door on exports of medicines and their key ingredients and raw material, U.S. hospitals and military hospitals and clinics would cease to function within months, if not days, or China could potentially weaponize our medicines. They can sell us medicines without any medicine in them. They can sell medicines that have lethal contaminants in it."

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also note-worthy: India is a leading country in the world's generic drugs market, with Sun Pharmaceuticals being the largest pharmaceutical company in India. Indian generics companies exported US$17.3 billion worth of drugs in the 2017–18 (April–March) year.

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Now it's bad enough that China manufactures the following drugs sold in the US:

Aciclovir – (Zovirax) – antiviral drug Advair – asthma medicine Adrenaline Hcl – treatment for cardiac arrest Albendazole – treatment for worms Alfuzosin – (Uroxatral) treatment for enlarged prostate Allopurinol – gout treatment Alprazolam – (Xanax) – treatment for anxiety disorders Amikacin sulfate – treatment for bacterial infections Aminophyline -treatment for cerebral ischemia Amiodarone Hydrochloride -treatment for irregular heartbeat Amlodipine – treats high blood pressure & angina Ampicillin – antibiotic Amodiaquine – treatment of malaria Amoxicillin – antibiotic Aniracetam – (Draganon, Sarpul, Ampamet) a congnition enhancer Artemether – treats drug resistant malaria Artesunate – malaria treatment Aspirin – anti-inflammatory painkiller Artemether – treats malaria Atenolol – high blood pressure medicine Atropine – antidote against nerve agents Avandia – (Avandia) treatment of diabetes Budesonide – (Entocort) treatment of allergy & asthma Bupropion (Wellbutrin) antidepressant Calcifediol – treats vitamin D deficiency Candesartan – (Blopress, Atacand, Amias, Ratacand) treats hypertension Captopril – (Capoten, Inhibace) treatment for hypertension & congestive heart failure Carbamazepine – treatment of epilepsy, ADD & ADHD Carnosine – treatment for autism Cefixime – antibiotic Cefotaxime – (Claforan) antibiotic Cefsulodin – also, cephalosporin – antibiotic Cephealexin – (Keflex, Keftab) – antibiotic Chloramphenicol – antibiotic Chlorpheniramine Maleate – (Chlor-Trimeton, Piriton) Antihistamine Chlorpromazine Hydrochloride Chloroquine Phosphate – treatment of malaria Cilexetil – (Atacand) treats high blood pressure Cilostazole – (Pletal) treats peripheral vascular disease Cimetidine – (Tagamet) – heartburn treatment Ciprofloxacine – (Cipro) – antibiotic & one of two effective treatments for anthrax exposure Clomiphene Citrate – (Clomid, Serophene, Milophene) infertility treatment Clopidogrel Bisulfate – (Plavix) treats coronary artery disease Co-trimoxazole – (Septrin, Bactrim) antibiotic Cloxacillin – antibiotic Coreg – (Coreg) beta blocker that treats congestive heart failure Cromoglicate – treats allergies and asthma Cyclosporine – immunosuppressive drug Cytisine – (Tabex) smoking cessation drug Dexamethasone Acetate – anti-inflammatory steroid Diclofenac Sodium – (Flector patch/Voltaren) – anti-imflammatory painkiller used to treat arthritis, acute injury and menstrual pain Diosmin – hemorrhoid treatment Diphenhydramine hydrochloride – (Benadryl) antihistimine Doxycycline Hcl – (Vibramycin) – antibiotic Enalapril – (Renitec, Vasotec) treatment of hypertension, chronic heart failure Enoxacin – (Enroxil, Penetrex) antibiotic Erythromycin – antibiotic Famotidine – (Pepcid) antacid Ferrous Sulfate – treatment for iron-deficiency anemia Flucloxacillin – (Flopen, Floxapen) antibiotic Fluconazole – (Diflucan, Trican) antifungal drug Furosemide – (Lasix) diuretic for treating congestive heart failure Frusemide – diuretic used to treat heart failure & edema Flucloxacillin sodium – antibiotic Gentamycin – antibiotic Glibenclamide (Diabeta, Flynase, Micronase) anti-diabetic drug Gliclazide – diabetes treatment Griseofulvin – antifungal drug Glyceryl Trinitrate – treatment of angina & heart disease Hydrochlorothiazide – (Aquazide H, Dichlotride, Microzide, Oretic) diuretic Human growth hormone – treatment of growth failure in children Ibuprofen – anti-inflammatory painkiller Imitrex – (Imatrex) migraine medicine Indomethazine – anti-inflammatory painkiller Ketoconazole – (Nizoral) antifungal drug Lincomycine – antibiotic Lamictal – treatment for epilepsy & bipolar disorder Letrozole – treatment of breast cancerLipitor – (Lipitor) lowers cholesteral Loratadine (Claritin, Lomilan, Clarinase, Alavert, AllergyX) antihistamine Lovastatin- lowers cholesteral Lumefantrine – treatment of malaria Mebendazole – (Ovex, Vermox, Antiox, Pripsen) treatment for worms Mefenamic Acid – (Ponstel, Ponstan) non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory painkiller Meloxicam – (Mobic) non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory painkiller Metamizole sodium (Analgin, Dipyrone, Novalgin) painkiller, fever-reducer Methyldopa – (Aldomet, Dopamet, Novomedopa) antihypertension drug Metoclopramide – (Maxolon, Reglan, Degan, Maxeran, Primeran) anti-nausea drug Metronidazole – treats infections Moexipril – (Univasc) treatment of high blood pressure Mycophenolate Mofetil – Immunosuppressive drug Niclosamide – treats tapeworms Nifedipine (Adalat, Nifedical, Procardia) treats hypertension, premature labor Nitroglycerin – (Nitrospan, Nitrostat, Tridil) heart medication Norfloxacin – antibiotic Ofloxacin – (Floxin) antibiotic Ondansetron – (Zofran) – nausea prevention for chemo patients Orlistat – (Xenical) – obesity treatment Oxandrolone – Synthetic anabolic steroid Oxybutinin – treatment for incontinence Oxymetholone – Synthetic anabolic steroid Oxytetracycline – antibiotic Paclitaxel – also taxol – cancer treatment Paracetamol – also, acetaminophen – painkiller Penicillin – antibiotic Phenacetin – painkiller Phenformin Hydrochloride – diabetes treatment Prednisone – steroid Promethazine Hydrochloride – (Phenergan, Romergan, Fargan, Avomine) antihistamine Propranolol – (Inderal, Avlocardyl, Dociton, Inderalici, InnoPran XL) hypertension treatment Pyrimethamine – (Daraprim) antimalarial drug Propecia – (Propecia) for prostate enlargement and hair loss Quinine – malaria treatment Ramipril – used to treat hypertension and congestive heart failure Ranitidine Hydrochloride – (Zantac) antacid Ribavirin – (Copegus, Rebetol, Ribashere, Vilona, Virazole) anti-viral drug Rifampicin+Isoniazid – malaria treatment Ribavirin – (Copegus, Rebetol, Ribashere) antivirual drug Rifampicin – antibiotic Salbutamol – asthma, copd Sibutramine – (Meridia) obesity treatment Spironolactone – (Aldactone, Novo-Spiroton, Verospiron, Berlactone) diuretic Streptomycin – antibiotic Sucralfate – (Carafate) – treats ulcers & acid reflux disease Sulfadiazine – antibiotic Sulfamethoxazole – antibiotic Sulfadoxine&Pyrimethamine – treatment for malaria Sulpiride – (Meresa, Sulpirid Ratiopharm) treatment of schizophrenia Tamoxifen – breast cancer treatment Tinidazole – (Tindamax, Fasigyn) anti-parasitic drug Trandolapril – treatment of high blood pressure Trimethoprim – antibiotic Valaciclovir – (Valtrex) antiviral drug

they also manufacture the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (API's) that are used by drug manufacturers world wide.

Now as disturbing as this is to me, believe it or not, it is not my primary concern.

What bothers me the most is that people in our government, people who are charged with providing national security, people who are charged with maintaining public health, can put both in jeopardy by giving China and India the power to control the flow of critical medications into America.

How Deep Is The Swamp?