Children’s medicine shortage hits as flu season starts fast

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Children’s medicine shortage hits as flu season starts fast
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Caring for sick children has become extra stressful recently for many U.S. parents due to shortages of Children’s Tylenol and other medicines.

Doctors and other experts say the problem could persist through the winter cold-and-flu season but should not last as long as other recent shortages of baby formula or prescription drugs.Here’s a closer look:An unusually fast start to the annual U.S. flu season, plus a spike in other respiratory illnesses, created a surge in demand for fever relievers and other products people can buy without a prescription.

“At this point, it’s more like toilet paper at the beginning of the pandemic,” Dillon said “You just have to look in the right place at the right time.” Walgreens is limiting customers online to six purchases of children’s over-the-counter fever reducing products. That limit doesn’t apply in stores.

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