Nationwide drug shortages have forced physicians to consider alternative ways to take care of patients. At the forefront of this movement is the National Organization of Medically Equivalent Drug Seekers (NOMEDS), a pharmacist run think tank that leads the charge in giving physicians options for patient treatment.

Neuro Anesthesiologist, Remy Phentanyl, M.D., has been pleasantly surprised with the new program. “Man, I thought doing an awake fiberoptic on a patient with an unstable C-spine with only 1cc of 1% lidocaine was going to be impossible. One look at that cat poster telling me to ‘Hang in There’ was all I needed to get that tube in!”