Akorn Bankruptcy - alfentanil discontinued

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Tracy Feng
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Akorn Bankruptcy - alfentanil discontinued

Hi all,
Given Akorn's bankruptcy, alfentanil is no longer available after being on shortage for 6 months+.

ASHP shortage website has no alternatives.
https://www.ashp.org/drug-shortages/current-shortages/drug-shortage-deta....

Curious what others are doing to provide this to their providers.
Thank you,
tracy.feng@cchealth.org