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NewsColony Intensive care units are running low on EIGHT key drugs as doctors are forced to use alternatives Doctors are prescribing medicines they haven’t used for 20 years and others that may cause heart attacks as hospitals run low on eight key drugs. Sedative drugs used to treat patients with the worst coronavirus symptoms in intensive care have been included on a list of drugs banned for exportation in an effort to ensure there’s enough supply. The Government has ordered a ‘parallel export’ ban on 196 essential drugs to stop companies buying up drugs meant for UK patients and selling them abroad, the Sunday Times  reported.  That’s up from just 33 drugs included in the ban just one month ago.  Ron Daniels, an intensive care consultant in the West Midlands, said some of the ‘second-line’ drugs being used could cause heart attacks. Sedative drugs used to treat patients with the worst coronavirus symptoms in intensive care have been included on a list of dr...