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Look at all those people who turned out to see the big pile of cream. thats the humorous side of sanctions. we also experienced the dark side. i needed antibiotics, while i was reporting in iran. at first we thought we could get western antibiotics. medical supplies are exempt from the sanctions. after going to four pharmacies, we found that the basic antibiotic, amoxicillin was hard to find and there was none of it available from western suppliers, none. the only option -- these are the two amo...

Available from western suppliers, none. the only option -- these are the two amoxicillin was iranian made generics and i could buy several weeks of supply for less than a buck. its hard to celebrate the fact that the antibiotics are cheap when the brands are unavailable all together. the sanctions are hurting medical care from our small experience, it seems they have a point. as we reported last week, sanctions arent having the idea impact in iran and they dont seem to be changing peoples minds ...