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Primatene Mist is not available anymore on most store shelves. The good ones have a notice that there has been a problem in manufacturing, which can be also viewed online.

The note linked to above doesn’t mention a time frame but in speaking with a few pharmacists they said it would be about a few months. This seemed odd to me, as my years in product distribution has taught me one thing, anything is possible if you throw enough money at the problem. The Bunker Buster was one example I could think of.

Further investigation into the Primatene Mist situation also revealed that all generic versions are also unavailable, even though they clearly state on their labels that they are not manufactured by the same company, Wyeth Consumer Healthcare. I also stumbled upon this little FDA Considering ban of Primatene Mist news story

Conspiracy Theories

1) We can conclude that the generic versions offered by Walgreen’s and Walmart are in fact manufactured by the same company, or at least the main key component of them are, as a disruption in the supply chain for Wyeth Consumer Healthcare clearly has affected their supply as well.

2) In light of the possible FDS ban on Primatene Mist based solely on the fact that it is not yet ruled an essential drug, what is a better way to prove the drugs worth by cutting it off from the estimated 700,000 users for a while. The outcry and people left wheezing will be a testament to the usefulness of the drug.

Unfortunately there are no over the counter solutions comparable to Primatene Mist. The users of the drug will be forced to seek medical treatment and prescription drugs, many of which cannot afford it.

At Amazon

There are several online resources still available for the product if your local seller is out, one is oddly enough Amazon, the book selling site.

On Ebay

Another option is to buy un-opened and sealed containers of Primatene Mist from consumers on ebay.

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