glucagon

Patients with diabetes in Russia say glucagon, an emergency medication used to treat severe hypoglycemia, has disappeared from pharmacies. The drug, considered life-saving, is reportedly difficult or impossible to obtain in several regions, prompting complaints from patients and their families. Reports say supplies have run out, leaving diabetics without a reliable means of responding to dangerous drops in blood sugar.

Russia is facing a shortage of glucagon, a life-saving emergency medication for people with diabetes, with shortages reported across 33 regions of the country. Reports say hospitals are also failing to provide the drug even when patients urgently need it. Ukrainian sources are highlighting the shortage, and commentators are asking how such a basic, essential medicine could become unavailable so widely.