Pfizer's Syphilis Treatment Bicillin L-A in Short Supply
Since it came onto the scene in 1943, penicillin has made syphilis a thing of the past — almost. Now, the sexually transmitted disease is making a comeback in the U.S. and there's a shortage of the medication used to treat it.
Pfizer, the company that supplies it, says it's experiencing "an unanticipated manufacturing delay," and in a letter to consumers wrote that it would be providing just one-third of the usual monthly demand until July.
The medication, called Bicillin L-A, is the recommended treatment for people with syphilis.
Pfizer, the company that supplies it, says it's experiencing "an unanticipated manufacturing delay," and in a letter to consumers wrote that it would be providing just one-third of the usual monthly demand until July.
The medication, called Bicillin L-A, is the recommended treatment for people with syphilis.