Some drugstore chains are limiting purchases of children's pain relief and fever-reducing medications as the products remain in short supply across the country due to a continued surge in respiratory viruses, including the flu and respiratory syntactical virus, along with COVID-19 cases.
CVS is only allowing customers to buy two products each of pediatric pain relief medications for in-person and online purchases, while Walgreens has placed a six-item limit for pediatric fever-reducing products for online transactions.Pharmacists are attributing the supply crunch to demand fueled by the trio of illnesses circulating at the same time and are cautioning consumers against stockpiling medications, which could exacerbate supply shortages further.
Target has a two-product limit on children's pain relief medications in-store and online. Rite Aid has a five-product limit for children's Tylenol and Motrin online. Meanwhile, Walmart does not have any purchase limits on pediatric medications at this time. "If customers don’t see their preferred cold/flu treatment products on the shelf, they should speak with the pharmacist for recommendations on other OTC options that best suit their needs," a spokesperson for Rite Aid said in a statement.
"While products may be less readily available at some stores, we are not experiencing widespread shortages of Children’s TYLENOL® or Children's MOTRIN®. We recognize this may be challenging for parents and caregivers, and are doing everything we can to make sure people have access to the products they need, including maximizing our production capacity, running our sites 24 hours a day, 7 days a week," Johnson & Johnson Consumer Health said in a statement.
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